Knife

Tools

Museum number:: 5-7867
Permalink:: ark:/21549/hm21050007867
Alternate number:: 125 (original number)
Accession number:: Acc.2307
Object count:: 1
Description:: Native name: Ekileng (pl. Ngilengya) Knife; double edged metal blade; cylindrical wood handle covered with cowhide; length: 25 cm. Made of iron. All purpose; used by men and women. Made by men.
Donor:: Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:: Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:: Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:: Karamojong
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:: May 1967
Object type:: ethnography
Function:: 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:: 1967
Department:: Africa (except Ancient Egypt)