Machete
This resembles a machete, or cutlass. It has a wooden handle, and a curved iron blade, with an unusual rectangular notch on the end. The Sierra Leone National Museum records note that it is thought to have been used by Bai Bureh War boys in the 1898 Hut Tax War.
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Further Information
- Type: Weapons, armour
- Object: Machete
- Materials: Wood, Metal
- Culture Group: Other
- Dimensions: Unknown
- Production Date: Pre 1958
- Associated Places: Unknown
- Associated People: Abu Bakarr Seisay, Freetown (Trader)
- Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
- Accession Number: SLNM.1958.10.35
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