Knife

Museum number:
5-2648
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Double edged knife; iron leaf-shaped blade; wooden handle with pyro-engraved punctation; used for hunting skinning and cutting meat; 16 inches long; 2.25 inches long.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Balovale and Luvale tribes
Culture or time period:
Luvale
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-2648, described as Double edged knife; iron leaf-shaped blade; wooden handle with pyro-engraved punctation; used for hunting skinning and cutting meat; 16 inches long; 2.25 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-2648, described as Double edged knife; iron leaf-shaped blade; wooden handle with pyro-engraved punctation; used for hunting skinning and cutting meat; 16 inches long; 2.25 inches long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-2648, described as Double edged knife; iron leaf-shaped blade; wooden handle with pyro-engraved punctation; used for hunting skinning and cutting meat; 16 inches long; 2.25 inches long.

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