Mahdi Arm Dagger with Sheath

SUDAN, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.

10 7/8 in. (172 grams, 27.5 cm).

Comprising a tongue-shaped two-edged blade and carved wooden hilt with bands of horizontal ribbing, integral crossguard and disc pommel with a domed button; leather sheath with crocodile-skin panels and twisted leather thong forming a thick suspension loop; leather-covered knop forming a chape. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.

CONDITION

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LOT 1969