Object name: Finger knife / Object class: Finger knives (knife weapons) / Collection place: Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6821, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 13.5 cm; w. 9.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6812, described as Finger knife; iron; semi=crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 10 cm; w. 7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6814, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum, copper and brass wire just below finger loop; l. 8.5 cm; w. 6 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6770a,b, described as Finger knife and sheath; a) knife; iron; flat crescent-shape with outer edge sharpened; finger loop behind crescent ; b) sheath; leather fitted around outer edge with strand rubber attached; length 7 cm; width 4.5 cm. Native name Abobot. Used by men as fighting weapons; worn on fingers; leather sheath removed for combat. Collected Nov. 1966.

Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6810, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 8.5 cm; w. 4.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6771a,b, described as Finger knife and sheath; a) knife; iron; flat crescent-shape with outer edge sharpened; finger loop behind crescent ; b) sheath; leather fitted around outer edge with strand rubber attached; length 7 cm; width 4.5 cm. Native name Abobot. Used by men as fighting weapons; worn on fingers; leather sheath removed for combat. Collected Nov. 1966.

Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6823, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 10,5 cm; w. 7.5 cm. Native name: Adobos, Used by men as weapons in combat. Collected Dec. 1966

Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6811, described as Finger knife; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 11 cm w. 8 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6772a,b, described as Finger knife and sheath; a) knife; iron; flat crescent-shape with outer edge sharpened; finger loop behind crescent ; b) sheath; leather fitted around outer edge with strand rubber attached; length 7 cm; width 4.5 cm. Native name Abobot. Used by men as fighting weapons; worn on fingers; leather sheath removed for combat. Collected Nov. 1966.

Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6815, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with copper wire just below finger loop; l. 9.5 cm; w. 7 cm.