Knife

Museum number:
5-10133
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010133
Alternate number:
B-1956 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
knife; wood handle; iron blade; straight cutting edge; curved edge; L 22.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ife, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ife; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 22.5 centimeters
Comment:
Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-12-6 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-10133, described as knife; wood handle; iron blade; straight cutting edge; curved edge; L 22.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-10133, described as knife; wood handle; iron blade; straight cutting edge; curved edge; L 22.5 cm.

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