Sword handle of cast brass/bronze with ring of rope pattern on pommel, grip of nine ropes and crocodiles in relief: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin
WEST AFRICA. BENIN. ARMS AND ARMOUR. SWORD-HANDLE in cast bronze, pommel in the form of a ring of rope pattern, grip of nine ropes, convex a jour, around central core, below, lizards in low relief. (The lost blade was probably an iron one.) Benin City, Midwestern State.