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Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-6769a,b, described as a) wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut of center; leather ring inserted in center section, wrapped with metal wire; b) sheath; piece of leather fitted around outer edge; length 16.5 cm; width 15 .5 cm. Native name: Agul/Akurraro. Used by men as fighting weapons; worn on wrists; leather sheath removed when fighting Collected Dec 1966.
Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-6766a,b, described as a) wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut out of center; leather ring inserted; b) leather sheath fitted around outer edge, tied with rubber strands strung with white glass beads; length 11 cm; width 11 cm. Used by men; fighting weapons; worn on wrists; leather sheath removed when fighting. Native name: Agul/ Akurraro. Collected Dec 1966.
Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-6768a,b, described as a) wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut of center; leather ring inserted in center section, wrapped with metal wire; b) sheath; piece of leather fitted around outer edge; length 12.5 cm; width 10.5 cm. Native name: Agul/Akurraro. Used by men as fighting weapons; worn on wrists; leather sheath removed when fighting Collected Dec 1966.
Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-6767a,b, described as a) Wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut out of center; crimped tin tube inserted in center; b) piece of leather as sheath fitted around outer edge; ends crimped with pieces of iron; length 10.5 cm; width 11.5 cm. Collected Dec1966.
Hearst Museum object titled Zither, accession number 5-6746, described as Tough zither; wood; elongated oval, flattened with trough carved at one side; 3 cross-shaped holes in trough; burned geometric designs on back and sides; notches cut in either end for strings; 1 pc. twisted string strung through notches to form 6 playing strings; l. 82 cm; w. 28 cm.

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