Knife

Museum number:
5-6313a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056313a@2cb
Alternate number:
4 a,b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
knife & sheath a) knife; iron w/black & red leather-topped hilt; b) sheath; red leather; 1 side black-bordered w/ worked designs. Length 36.5 cm; width 4.5 cm. Collected July 1966.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kano, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Kano; Hausa (?) (Murdock 17:38) Purch. from Hausa Trader in Kano, trader & origin uncertain
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection date:
July 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-6313a,b, described as knife & sheath a) knife; iron w/black & red leather-topped hilt; b) sheath; red leather; 1 side black-bordered w/ worked designs. Length 36.5 cm; width 4.5 cm. Collected July 1966.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-6313a,b, described as knife & sheath a) knife; iron w/black & red leather-topped hilt; b) sheath; red leather; 1 side black-bordered w/ worked designs. Length 36.5 cm; width 4.5 cm. Collected July 1966.

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