Identifier:
1997.20.1
Description:
Matching knife and sheath. Blade curved and diamond-shaped in cross-section. Handle flared at pommel and hilt, forming four symmetrical points. Handle decorated with carved and incised lines and dots. Leather sheath tooled on one side with geometric motifs.;Curved blade is characteristic of knives used for hunting by Arabic peoples of northern Sudan.;Collected by Heywood Walker Weldon, the donor's father, in 1962-1963 while teaching at the Khartoum Technical Institute, Sudan, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Date:
circa 1962
Materials:
Carved, Tooled, Forged, Ironwood, Steel, Leather
Dimensions:
11.5" h 3.5 | 3.5" w .875 | .35" d; 7.4" h
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Source:
In Memory Of Heywood Walker Weldon
Related Entity:
Trestrail, Beth (donor)
Related Place:
Sudan
