Finger knife

Museum number:
5-6816
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006816
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Finger knife; sharply curved knife blade; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 9.5 cm.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #96: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Larry Michalak (May 5, 1975–May 9, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6816, described as Finger knife; sharply curved knife blade; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 9.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6816, described as Finger knife; sharply curved knife blade; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 9.5 cm.

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