Детали

IPSMG:R.1928.75.82

Ipswich Collections

implement, sword

Implement with a shaped, carved wooden handle and an iron blade-type section that splits into two at its end. The two parts are bound together with a fabric strip and a copper strip that are wound around. The wooden handle is decorated with lines of carved geometric patterning. according to index card the implement was used by the Ekoi people. The item was previously loaned to Ipswich Museum in 1934 as part of a large collection of Nigerian artefacts, by Charles Partridge. It was subsequently bequeathed to the Museum in Charles Partridge's will, dated 23rd December, 1955. It entered the collections in 1956. The items were accessioned with a sequence of R.1928 accession numbers.

Cross River District, Southern Nigeria, Africa

1901 - 1917

iron, copper, wood, cotton