Knife

Museum number:
5-6700
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
175 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
wood handle with single edges iron blade.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kalambo Falls Site B, Kalambo Falls, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
Kalambo Falls, site B
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
August 1967
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1967
Context of use:
used by men and women for cutting meat, preparing food.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 23 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-6700, described as wood handle with single edges iron blade.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-6700, described as wood handle with single edges iron blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-6700, described as wood handle with single edges iron blade.

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