Handle for dagger sheath

Museum number:
5-16890
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4748
Description:
Leather handle for arm-worn sheath for dagger. Composed of leather interior thong, wrapped with narrow leather cording, formed into an open circle and terminated by a loop on one end and a knob on the other; a toggle of leather forms the closure.
Donor:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Nubia.
Culture or time period:
Nubian
Collector:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection date:
1964-1965
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
February 8, 2005
Context of use:
Handle for dagger sheath
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Handle for dagger sheath, accession number 5-16890, described as Leather handle for arm-worn sheath for dagger. Composed of leather interior thong, wrapped with narrow leather cording, formed into an open circle and terminated by a loop on one end and a knob on the other; a toggle of leather forms the closure.

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