Description: wood, sheet copper, steel, carved eyelet on the backside for attachment, base According to a note in the catalog "Die ethnographische Südwestafrika-Sammlung Hans Schinz 1884-86", these knives were worn on leather belts around the hips. Chiefs of the Ondonga tribe conferred these prominent daggers on sentries as a special honor. Continent: Africa
Dimensions: L: 12 cm (knife); W: 36 cm (sheath), L: 4,7 inch
Condition Report: See description
Literature: Szalay, Miklós, Die ethnographische Südwestafrika-Sammlung Hans Schinz 1884-1886, Zürich 1979, p. 114 f.
Provenance: Old German Colonial Collection