Dagger with wooden handle decorated in leather and brass bands with double edged acutely pointed iron blade etched with cross-hatching, with sheath of worked and plaited leather with two belt loops: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin
WEST AFRICA. BENIN. ARMS AND ARMOUR. [One of a] DAGGER with acutely-pointed iron blade, engraved with wavy lines; wooden handle covered partly with brass and partly with leather. [&] Sheath, with two loops, of worked and plaited leather. Benin City, Midwestern State.