Knife

Museum number:
5-7868
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007868
Alternate number:
125 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Native name: Ekileng (pl. Ngilengya) Knife; double edged metal blade; cylindrical wood handle covered with cowhide; length: 24 cm. All purpose; used by men and women. Made by men.
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
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
May 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-7868, described as Native name: Ekileng (pl. Ngilengya) Knife; double edged metal blade; cylindrical wood handle covered with cowhide; length: 24 cm. All purpose; used by men and women. Made by men.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-7868, described as Native name: Ekileng (pl. Ngilengya) Knife; double edged metal blade; cylindrical wood handle covered with cowhide; length: 24 cm. All purpose; used by men and women. Made by men.

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