Part 5: Ogee-sectioned blades, axes etc, blow-pipes, morning stars etc, stones and slings, knives, daggers, swords

See here for the previous part

See here for introduction to Pitt-Rivers series.

In the 1877 catalogue of the Pitt-Rivers' displays at Bethnal Green Museum are listed a number of series of objects on display. As visitors were expected to use the catalogue as a display aide it can be assumed that the order of objects must match the objects position within the series. See the catalogue for the full catalogue description of the object and the Databases section of this website to find out what information is now available about the same object (search using the accession number).

It is interesting to note that the items do not always appear in the plates illustrating the catalogue in the same order that they appear textually. This may have been for practical reasons or may reflect some changes in relative position temporally?

The items that say 'Not in founding collection' indicate items that have not been accessioned yet into the founding collection. Between 1998 when the first Leverhulme Trust funded Pitt Rivers project ended and March 2011 a number of objects which had previously been unmatchable from the catalogue have now been found unentered in the Museum or its stores and details can now be matched. It is to be supposed that most of the other items marked 'not in founding collection' will also eventually be found and accessioned into the Pitt Rivers Museum as part of the founding collection.

Pier Case Specimens illustrating the geographical distribution of corrugated iron blades or blades with an ogee section

887 Arrow India Not in founding collection Figure 101 on first illustration
888 Axe India 1884.140.921
889 Axe India 1884.21.37
890 Azande knife Not in founding collection
891 Azande knife 1884.140.474
892 Azande knife 1884.140.911
893 Arrow Sudan Not in founding collectionFigure 99 on first illustration
894 Arrow Sudan 1884.140.828
895 Arrow Sudan Not in founding collection
896 Arrow West Africa Not in founding collection Figure 97 on first illustration
897 Arrow West Africa Not in founding collection Figure 100 on first illustration
898 Dagger West Africa 1884.140.908
899 Dagger West Africa 1884.140.909
900 Sword Gabon 1884.61.26
901 Spear South Africa ?1884.19.179 or 184 or 186 Figure 98 on first illustration
902 Spear South Africa Not in founding collection
903 Spear South Africa Not in founding collection
904 Sword Caucausus 1884.140.80 Figure 102 on first illustration
905 Arrows 1884.140.952
906 Double bellows Central Africa 1884.47.18 Figure 96 on first illustration

Screen 34 Objects illustrating the development of the axe, halbard, glaive and other cognate weapons

907 Club Australia  1884.12.71
908 Club Not in founding collection
909 Club Guiana  1884.12.41
910 Club Guiana  1884.21.5
911 Club North America  1884.12.34
912 Club North America  1884.21.3
913 Club Central Africa  1884.12.12
914 Club  1884.21.1
915 Club Africa  1884.21.2
916 Axe Africa  1884.34.2
917 Club Bechuana  1884.34.3 Figure 104 on second illustration
918 Club Bechuana  1884.34.4 Figure 105 on second illustration
919 Club Bechuana  1884.34.5 Figure 106 on second illustration
920 Axe Bechuana  1884.21.29
921 Axe Bechuana  1884.21.27 Figure 107 on second illustration
922 Axe Bechuana  1884.21.28
923 Axe Bechuana  1884.21.30
924 Axe Bechuana  1884.21.31
925 Axe Bechuana  1884.21.32
926 Axe Bechuana  1884.21.33
927 Axe Central Africa  1884.21.26
928 Axe South Africa  1884.34.6 Figure 108 on second illustration
929 Axe Bechuana  1884.19.17
930 Axe  1884.21.25
931 Axe Khond  1884.21.38
932 Axe Khond  1884.21.36
933 Axe Africa  1884.21.15
934 Axe Africa  1884.21.59 1884.24.201
935 Axe Africa  1884.21.14
936 Axe Gabon  1884.21.8
937 Axe Gabon  1884.21.9
938 Axe Africa  1884.21.13
939 Axe Africa  1884.21.16
940 Axe West Africa  1884.21.24
941 Axe West Africa  1884.21.19
942 Axe West Africa  1884.21.23
943 Axe West Africa  1884.21.20
944 Axe West Africa  1884.21.22
945 Axe West Africa  1884.21.21
946 Axe 1884.140.965
947 Axe  1884.21.55 Figure 109 on second illustration
948 Axe ?European  1884.21.56
949 Axe Khond  1884.21.39
950 Axe India  1884.21.43
951 War hammer India 1884.140.920
952 Axe Malay  1884.21.35
953 Axe  1884.21.44
954 Axe English  1884.21.57
955 Axe North America  1884.21.75
956 Axe North America  1884.21.4
957 Goad India  1884.14.19
958 Stone Adze  1884.26.5
959 Stone Adze   1884.26.6
960 Stone Adze  1884.26.7
961 Stone Adze  1884.26.8
962 Norwegian Axe  1884.26.10 1883.13.51 Figure 112 on third illustration
963 German Axe  1884.26.2
964 German Axe  1884.26.1
965 German Axe  1884.26.3
966 German Axe 1884.13.52 Figure 113 on third illustration

Screen 35 War Axes, Bills, Halbards, Glaives, Two-handed Swords &c., European and Oriental

967 Glaive  1884.22.3
968 Glaive Africa  1884.24.200
969 Glaive Malay  1884.24.198
970 Glaive Chinese  1884.24.199
971 Glaive Chinese  1884.22.4
972 Glaive Chinese  1884.22.5
973 Glaive Chinese  1884.22.2
974 Assam  1884.24.270
975 Indian sword  1884.24.55
976 European sword  1884.24.269
977 Bill  1884.19.60
978 Assam chopper  1884.24.1
979 Hatchet  1884.21.18
980 Khond Axe  1884.21.42
981 Khond Axe  1884.21.40
982 Khond Axe  1884.21.41
983 German pole-axe  1884.21.53 Figure 110 on third illustration
984 German halbard  1884.21.45
985 English bill  1884.21.50
986 Swiss halbard  1884.21.52
987 English halbard  1884.21.46
988 Halbard  1884.21.51
989 Halbard  1884.21.47
990 Halbard  1884.21.48
991 Halbard  1884.21.49
992 Spear  1884.26.13
993 Spear  1884.26.14
994 Spear  1884.26.11
995 Spear  1884.26.12
996 Indian glaive  1884.22.1
997 Spear  1884.19.241
998 Javelin  1884.26.9
999 War hammer 1884.21.54

Screen 36 South Wall Blow-pipes

1000 Blowpipe South America 1884.140.905
1001 Blowpipe quiver and arrows South America 1884.18.14
1002 Blowpipe South America  1884.18.9-10
1003 Blowpipe quiver and arrows South America  1884.18.11
1004 Blowpipe arrow South America  Not in founding collection
1005 Blowpipe Borneo  1884.18.4
1006 Blowpipe quiver Borneo  1884.18.7
1007 Blowpipe Borneo  1884.18.5
1008 Blowpipe Ceylon  1884.18.3
1009 Blowpipe Bengal 1884.18.1-2

Screen 36 South Wall Morning stars, flails, holy-water sprinklers

1010 European morning star  1884.14.2 Figure 116 on third illustration
1011 India morning star  1884.14.1 
1012 morning star  1884.14.3 Figure 118 on fourth illustration
1013 Japanese morning star  1884.14.4 Figure 114 on third illustration
1014 Model flagellum  1884.14.6 Figure 117 on fourth illustration
1015 Turkish knout 1884.14.5 Figure 115 on third illustration

Screen 36 South Wall The Lasso and Bolas

1016 Patagonian bolas  1884.29.28
1017 Patagonian bolas  1884.29.29
1018 Inuit bird sling  1884.29.2
1019 Inuit bird sling  1884.29.1
1020 Lasso South America  1884.29.27 or 23
1021 Lasso South America 1884.29.25

Screen 36 South Wall Hand stones and slings

1022 New Zealand sling  1884.29.12 or  1884.117.12
1023 Tierra del Fuego sling  1884.29.3
1024 sling 1884.82.342
1025 sling  Not in founding collection
1026 India sling  1884.29.15
1027 New Caledonia headdress and sling  1884.29.5
1027a sling  1884.29.13
1028 Samoan fly flapper  1884.95.2
1029 Samoan fly flapper  1884.95.3
1030 Whisk West Africa 1884.95.4

Screen 37 Knives, daggers and swords.

1031 Anelace European  1884.24.221
1032 Sword  1884.24.95
1033 Sword  1884.24.94
1034 Sword  1884.24.93
1035 European Sword  1884.24.97
1036 European Sword  1884.24.98
1037 English Sword  1884.24.90
1038 Scottish Sword  1884.24.89
1039 Maltese Sword  1884.24.87
1040 Norwegian Sword  1884.24.92
1041 Sword  1884.24.88
1042 Maltese Sword 1884.140.938
1043 Rapier  1884.24.99
1044 Rapier  1884.24.100
1045 Rapier  1884.24.101
1046 Rapier  1884.24.102
1047 Sword  1884.24.91
1048 Sword  1884.140.937
1049 Indian sabre  1884.24.51
1050 Indian sabre  1884.24.52
1051 Indian sabre  1884.24.50
1052 European sabre  1884.24.79
1053 Indian sword  1884.24.11
1054 Indian sword  1884.24.4
1055 Indian sword  ?1884.24.5
1056 Indian sword  1884.24.5 or 7
1057 Indian sword 1884.24.5 or 7
1058 Albanian sword  1884.24.118
1059 Albanian sword  1884.24.119
1060 Turkish sabre  1884.24.78
1061 Indian sword  1884.24.45
1062 Indian sword  1884.24.46
1063 Indian sword  1884.24.44
1064 Indian sword  1884.24.43
1065 ?Malay sword  1884.24.54
1066 Malay sword  1884.24.33
1067 Malay sword  1884.24.31
1068 Malay sword and sheath  1884.24.32
1069 Malay sword  1884.24.3
1070 Japan sword  1884.24.62
1071 West Africa sword  1884.24.111
1072 West Africa sword  1884.24.110
1073 African sword  1884.24.1046
1074 African sword  1884.24.103
1075 European sabre  1884.24.80
1076 European sword  1884.24.81
1077 European sword  1884.24.86
1078 sword  1884.24.83
1079 Nepal knife  1884.24.13
1080 Burmese sword  1884.24.48
1081 Burmese sword  1884.24.49
1082 Burmese weapon  1884.24.57
1083 Burmese weapon  1884.24.56
1084 Burmese weapon  1884.24.58
1085 Burmese weapon  1884.24.59
1086 Burmese weapon  1884.24.60
1087 Japanese sword 1884.24.61

Screen 38

1088 Gabon spearhead  1884.24.210 Figure 119 fourth illustration
1089 Gabon spearhead  1884.24.209
1090 Dagger Gabon  1884.24.194
1091 Gabon sword  1884.24.37
1092 Gabon sword  1884.24.36
1093 Gabon sword  1884.24.196 Figure 120 fourth illustration
1094 Gabon sword  1884.24.24
1095 Gabon sword  1884.24.23
1096 Gabon sword  1884.140.284
1097 Gabon sword  1884.24.20
1098 Gabon sword  1884.24.22
1099 Gabon sword  1884.24.19
1100 Dahomey sword  1884.24.14
1101 Dahomey sword  1884.24.15
1102 Dahomey sword  1884.24.106
1103 Dahomey sword  1884.24.105
1104 Dahomey chopper  1884.24.258
1105 Liberia sword  1884.24.197 Figure 121 fourth illustration
1106 Old Calabar sword  1884.24.12
1107 India sword  1884.24.8
1108 Belt  1884.24.9
1109 India sword  1884.24.10
1110 West Africa dagger  1884.24.185
1111 Dagger  1884.24.188
1112 Dagger  1884.24.187
1113 Dagger  1884.24.189
1114 Dagger West Africa  1884.24.245
1115 Dagger West Africa  1884.24.191
1116 Dagger Ashanti  1884.24.252
1117 Dagger East Africa  1884.24.241
1118 Dagger West Africa  1884.24.246
1119 Dagger Sudan 1884.140.912
1120 Dagger Sudan  1884.24.239
1121 Dagger  1884.24.247
1122 Dagger Sudan  1884.24.256
1123 Dagger  1884.24.248
1124 Dagger  1884.24.250
1125 Dagger  1884.24.249
1126 West Africa  1884.24.40
1127 West Africa  1884.24.39
1128 West Africa dagger  1884.24.259
1129 Ashanti dagger  1884.24.254
1130 Liberia dagger 1884.140.913
1131 Africa knife  1884.24.242
1132 Africa dagger  1884.24.265
1133 Africa dagger  1884.24.253
1134 Africa dagger  1884.24.251
1135 Moorish dagger 1884.140.956
1136 Africa dagger  1884.24.223
1137 ?Egyptian dagger 1884.140.923
1138 Kabyle knife  1884.24.264
1139 Kabyle knife  1884.24.263
1140 Kabyle knife  1884.24.262
1141 Ethiopian dagger  1884.24.240
1142 Moorish dagger  1884.24.267
1143 Knife  1884.24.183
1144 Ethiopian dagger 1884.24.208
1145 Oriental dagger 1884.24.180
1146 Burma dagger 1884.24.243
1147 Nepal weapon 1884.24.136
1148 Burmese knife 1884.24.169
1149 Indian knife 1884.24.168
1150 Gurkha knife  1884.24.138
1151 Turkish dagger  1884.24.266
1152 Indian sword  1884.24.84
1153 Tiger claw ?1884.140.917
1154 Japanese dagger  1884.24.179
1155 Dagger  1884.24.173
1156 Burmese sword  1884.24.172
1157 Assam knife  1884.24.171 Figure 122 fourth illustration
1158 Assam knife  1884.24.170
1159 Assam sword Not in founding collection Figure 122 fourth illustration
1160 Darjeeling  1884.24.53 Figure 123 fourth illustration
1161 European dagger  1884.24.219
1162 European dagger 1884.140.964
1163 European dagger 1884.140.959
1164 European knife  1884.24.85
1165 Albanian dagger  1884.24.212
1166 Scottish dirk  1884.24.213
1167 English poignard 1884.140.910
1168 dagger 1884.140.960
1169 Florentine poignard  1884.24.216
1170 dagger  1884.24.217
1171 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.181
1172 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.174
1173 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.63
1174 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.64
1175 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.66
1176 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.67
1177 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.68
1178 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.69
1179 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.182
1180 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.176
1181 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.177
1182 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.178
1183 Chinese sword or dagger  1884.24.65
1184 Chinese coin sword  1884.24.175
1185 sword 1884.140.924
1186 Malay kris or dagger  1884.24.135
1187 Malay kris or dagger  1884.24.228
1188 Malay kris or dagger  1884.24.229
1189 Malay kris or dagger  1884.24.226
1190 Malay kris or dagger  1884.24.232
1191 Malay kris or dagger  1884.24.233
1192 Malay kris or dagger  1884.24.231
1193 Malay kris or dagger  1884.24.234
1194 Malay kris or dagger  1884.24.26
1195 Malay parang  1884.24.301
1196 Africa sickle 1884.24.29

Screen 39 West Wall Series illustrating the development of the kyjar and bichwa

1197 India kyjar  1884.24.153 Figure 124 fourth illustration
1198 India kyjar  1884.24.154 Figure 125 fourth illustration
1199 India kyjar  1884.24.155
1200 India kyjar  1884.24.156
1201 India kyjar  1884.24.157
1202 India kyjar  1884.24.158
1203 bichwa  1884.24.159
1204 bichwa  1884.24.161
1205 bichwa  1884.24.160
1206 bichwa  1884.24.162
1207 bichwa  1884.24.163 Figure 127 fifth illustration
1208 Dagger  1884.24.113

Screen 39 West Wall Series illustrating the development of the kuttar with triangular blade and transverse handle into the barra-jumdadoo with medium-sized blade and a rudimentary hand-guard, and ultimately into the puttah or gauntlet sword with long rapier blade and full guard for the hand and forearm

1209 India kuttar  1884.24.152 Figure 128 fifth illustration
1210 India kuttar  1884.24.151
1211 India kuttar  1884.24.150
1212 India kuttar  1884.24.149
1213 India kuttar  1884.24.148
1214 India kuttar  1884.24.147
1215 India kuttar  1884.24.145
1216 India kuttar  1884.24.146
1217 India kuttar  1884.24.144
1218 India kuttar  1884.24.143
1219 India barra-jumdadoo  1884.24.142 Figure 129 fifth illustration
1220 India barra-jumdadoo  1884.24.141
1221 India puttah  1884.24.123 Figure 130 fifth illustration

Screen 39 West Wall Wave blades

1222 Malay kris  1884.24.237
1223 Malay kris  1884.24.230
1224 Indian dagger  1884.24.164
1225 European sword 1884.24.96

Screen 39 West Wall Plug bayonets

1226  1884.28.31
1227 Spanish  1884.28.32
1228  1884.28.33
1229  1884.28.35
1230  1884.28.34
1231 Cutting bayonet  1884.28.36
1232 Socket bayonet 1884.28.38

Screen 39 West Wall Specimens illustrating the geographical distribution of the form of blade known as the Greek kopis, and its survivals

1233 Greek kopis Not in founding collection Figure 131 fifth illustration
1234 Copy of Greek vase figures  1884.24.127 Figure 132 fifth illustration
1235 Copy of Greek vase figures  1884.24.128
1236 Copy of Italian vase figures  1884.24.129
1237 Copy of Greek vase figures  1884.24.130
1238 Gurkha kukri  1884.24.137 Figure 133 fifth illustration
1239 Indian sword blade  1884.24.114
1240 Indian knife  1884.24.167
1241 Turkish weapon  1884.24.116
1242 Albanian weapon  1884.24.117
1243 Persian weapon  1884.24.115 Figure 134 fifth illustration
1244 Kabyle weapon  1884.24.121 Figure 135 fifth illustration
1245 Ethiopian weapon  1884.24.113
1246 Gurkha knife  1884.24.139
1247 Knife 1884.24.140

These are all the objects that were catalogued in detail by Pitt-Rivers, during his lifetime, from the founding collection.

Figure 103 in the first illustration is a Saxon or Frankish iron blade found in graves [not further identified]. Figure 111 in the third illustration is a weapon from Ancient Egypt either in the Louvre in Paris or the British Museum (see page 140).

AP, First Leverhulme Trust funded Pitt-Rivers project 1995-8 and March 2011