Not on display

Sword

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Ethiopia (made)

(Shotel) or Abyssinian sabre with a deeply curved blade with a pair of fullers, and a plain unguarded wooden hilt with the pommel missing.

Object details

Categories
Black History
Arms & Armour
Africa
India Museum
Object type
Sword
Materials and techniques
Wooden hilt
Wood
Brief description
Abyssinian curved sword (shotel) with a plain unguarded wooden hilt and pommel missing, Ethiopia, 19th century
Physical description
(Shotel) or Abyssinian sabre with a deeply curved blade with a pair of fullers, and a plain unguarded wooden hilt with the pommel missing.
Dimensions
  • Overall length: 68.5cm
  • Blade curvature depth: 19cm
Production
Part of a set of Abyssinian material on Loan to the India Museum (East India Company) from the Royal Asiatic Society. Transferred to South Kensington Museum in 1879 and Inventoried in 1880
Bibliographic references
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 145, Cat. No. 793-797
  • Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.145
Other numbers
  • 793-797 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 3280(IS) - India Museum Catalogue Number
  • M.202-1935 - Incorrect number
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
3280(IS)

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Record createdOctober 4, 2002
Record URL
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