Knife

Museum number:
5-14074
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014074
Accession number:
Acc.3589
Description:
Paper knife. Ebony, handle is carved anthropomorphic head, blade is scimitar shape
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Bini
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 8, 1980
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-14074, described as Paper knife. Ebony, handle is carved anthropomorphic head, blade is scimitar shape
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-14074, described as Paper knife. Ebony, handle is carved anthropomorphic head, blade is scimitar shape

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