Knife

Museum number:
5-15678
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015678
Alternate number:
B-2177 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
knife, iron; cleaver shaped; one cutting edge; tapered, round, decorated iron handle; L 12.0 cm x W 2.0 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Idofa
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Context of use:
field card description: "Obe elegba - Atinga Idofa".
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 2 centimeters and length 12 centimeters
Comment:
Note: Eglin (?) knife. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-6
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-15678, described as knife, iron; cleaver shaped; one cutting edge; tapered, round, decorated iron handle; L 12.0 cm x W 2.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-15678, described as knife, iron; cleaver shaped; one cutting edge; tapered, round, decorated iron handle; L 12.0 cm x W 2.0 cm

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