Metal knife with wooden handle and hide sheath

Museum number:
5-3022a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Knife and sheath. “Ba.” (a) knife with wooden handle and iron double edged blade. 13 1/8 inches length. (b) sheath; leather, laced with rawhide, shoestring as carrying strap. 9 1/2 inches length; 2 inches width. See 5-2918 for bibliographic information.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Du Village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Birom; Du Village
Culture or time period:
Birom
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Metal knife with wooden handle and hide sheath, accession number 5-3022a,b, described as Knife and sheath. “Ba.” (a) knife with wooden handle and iron double edged blade. 13 1/8 inches length. (b) sheath; leather, laced with rawhide, shoestring as carrying strap. 9 1/2 inches length; 2 inches width. See 5-2918 for bibliographic information.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal knife with wooden handle and hide sheath, accession number 5-3022a,b, described as Knife and sheath. “Ba.” (a) knife with wooden handle and iron double edged blade. 13 1/8 inches length. (b) sheath; leather, laced with rawhide, shoestring as carrying strap. 9 1/2 inches length; 2 inches width. See 5-2918 for bibliographic information.

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