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Description: | Knife MHESWU (Iron) Zezuru N.E. Mashonaland Made by a smith- Mhangura. For men who must always carry one for general usage. ?.?.E. Maponalera(?) April. 71.
Knife with wooden handle and sheath, and a metal blade. There are three decorative bands of metal wire on the sheath, and one towards the top of the handle. There is a wooden loop carved into the sheath through which a length of string has been threaded. The metal blade has a ridge down the centre and sharpens to a point.
caption: General view of Whole of Horniman Museum object no nn19532 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood metal sheaths (weapons: accessories) string knives knives (weapons: edged) | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-219638 | Go to resource |
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