About this work
Sword (shotel) forged from iron with carved wooden hilt. Sickle shaped, double edged, with central riser; bevelled on either side.
Original catalogue wording
Sword (shotel) forged from iron with carved wooden hilt. Sickle shaped, double edged, with central riser; bevelled on either side. The Commons file page gives the source as: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1868-1230-9-a. The file page records 2015-05-28 15:40:36 as the date of the photograph, not of the object.
Source classification: Arms & armour
- Date
- Not recorded in the catalogue
- Object type
- Arms & regalia
- Recorded place
- Not recorded in the catalogue
- Holding institution
- Wikimedia Commons