210396 Catalog Card

Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-30 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Dagger and sheath | Material: Iron, leather, wood | Description: .1) dagger; .2) sheath.- Dagger collected and brought to England from Benin by Dr. F. Norman-Roth, the Medical officer to the Expedition of 1897. Acquired by Fuller from his Widow, Mrs. Winifred Norman-Roth 17 May 1923. Dagger with an iron blade and a wooden handle covered with leather and bound with 3 bands, 2 of brass & 1 of iron. There is a loop for a belt on the leather sheath. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) .1) l. 26.6; .1) with .2) l. 34.9 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210396 .1, .2 | Field No. 334 R. 2/79 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
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Department(s)
  • Anthropology
Creator(s)
  • Scanner: Mr. Christopher J. Philipp : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
  • Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
Physical Size and Format: PDF document
Citation: Courtesy of: C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/9287b6d8-1bce-4380-a487-6b6b0621c0d6 (accessed on 31 Jul 2023)
Media File URL: http://fm-digital-assets.fieldmuseum.org/1214/128/210396CC.pdf
Associated Catalog Number(s)
  • 210396.2 | 210396.1 | 210396
Associated Specimen(s)
Taxon Coverage
  • 2230: West Africa: hunting and warfare: knives, swords
Related Geography: Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Africa
scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-30 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Dagger and sheath | Material: Iron, leather, wood | Description: .1) dagger; .2) sheath.- Dagger collected and brought to England from Benin by Dr. F. Norman-Roth, the Medical officer to the Expedition of 1897. Acquired by Fuller from his Widow, Mrs. Winifred Norman-Roth 17 May 1923. Dagger with an iron blade and a wooden handle covered with leather and bound with 3 bands, 2 of brass & 1 of iron. There is a loop for a belt on the leather sheath. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) .1) l. 26.6; .1) with .2) l. 34.9 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210396 .1, .2 | Field No. 334 R. 2/79 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
IRN: 1214128
GUID: 9287b6d8-1bce-4380-a487-6b6b0621c0d6