Dagger

Museum number:
5-11399
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011399
Accession number:
Acc.2579
Description:
Dagger, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11399, acc no. 2579, file code 1.7. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: steel blade, leaf-shaped; incised on center of blade, both sides; short wooden hilt; Context of use: for fighting, defense Description: dagger, leaf-shaped; steel blade, incised, with wood hilt; 28.5 cm l.; 3.5 cm. w.;
Donor:
Marybelle Barton
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
Ethiopia
Collector:
Rexford W. Barton
Collection date:
December 18, 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
July 10, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 5-11399, described as Dagger, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11399, acc no. 2579, file code 1.7. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: steel blade, leaf-shaped; incised on center of blade, both sides; short wooden hilt; Context of use: for fighting, defense Description: dagger, leaf-shaped; steel blade, incised, with wood hilt; 28.5 cm l.; 3.5 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 5-11399, described as Dagger, Ethiopia. December 18, 1969. 5-11399, acc no. 2579, file code 1.7. Collector: Rexford W. Barton. Donor: Mrs. Rexford W. Barton. Materials, techniques: steel blade, leaf-shaped; incised on center of blade, both sides; short wooden hilt; Context of use: for fighting, defense Description: dagger, leaf-shaped; steel blade, incised, with wood hilt; 28.5 cm l.; 3.5 cm. w.;

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