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Description: | Highly curved iron hook blade with four decorative points on opposite edge to curved sharp edge, with curves in between. blade incised with dash design along back. single plain groove and dash lines and dash panel one face, two grooves and dash panel and dash lines the other face. back edge nicked. wooden tapering flattish lower hilt which is bound with twisted and then plate iron wire. hilt expands dramatically for two 'top' shaped pommels, with smaller faceted flat-topped pommel at top. wood varnished. see a189.
Material: wood
Material: metal, iron
image | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.61650 | Go to resource |
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