Wrist knife

Museum number:
5-6766a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056766a@2cb
Alternate number:
8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
a) wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut out of center; leather ring inserted; b) leather sheath fitted around outer edge, tied with rubber strands strung with white glass beads; length 11 cm; width 11 cm. Used by men; fighting weapons; worn on wrists; leather sheath removed when fighting. Native name: Agul/ Akurraro. Collected Dec 1966.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21) (Moroto Development Center)
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-6766a,b, described as a) wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut out of center; leather ring inserted; b) leather sheath fitted around outer edge, tied with rubber strands strung with white glass beads; length 11 cm; width 11 cm. Used by men; fighting weapons; worn on wrists; leather sheath removed when fighting. Native name: Agul/ Akurraro. Collected Dec 1966.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-6766a,b, described as a) wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut out of center; leather ring inserted; b) leather sheath fitted around outer edge, tied with rubber strands strung with white glass beads; length 11 cm; width 11 cm. Used by men; fighting weapons; worn on wrists; leather sheath removed when fighting. Native name: Agul/ Akurraro. Collected Dec 1966.

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