Leopard Society Dagger

An iron dagger, with one large blade, and two smaller ones on either side. The handle is made from a looped piece of iron. This may be a Leopard Society dagger; similar devices have been thought to have been used by members of the so-called Human Leopards, or Leopard society, as a means of blaming the deaths of their victims on leopards.

Further Information

• Type: Weapons, armour
• Object: Leopard Society Dagger
• Materials: Metal
• Culture Group: Other
• Dimensions: 200mm [L] x 70mm [W] x 15mm [C]
• Production Date: Pre 1922
• Associated Places: Ghana [possibly Sierra Leone]
• Associated People: Silas Boreham
• Museum: British Museum
• Accession Number: BM:Af.1922.1017.1

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