Dagger with cast brass hilt decorated with bands of cross-hatching and seated monkey figure on pommel, with double-edged iron blade: West Africa, Nigeria, Edo State, Benin
WEST AFRICA. BENIN. ARMS AND ARMOUR. DAGGER with double-edged plain iron blade, and cylindrical hilt of brass having two raised bands in brass and lead diaper, and on pommel a seated monkey figure. No sheath. Benin City, Midwestern State, West Africa.