Dagger

Museum number:
5-2964
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002964
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Double edged dagger; Wuka; hard forged blade with wooden handle; used to cut meat and veg.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Genye market, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Hausa; Genye Market
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 5-2964, described as Double edged dagger; Wuka; hard forged blade with wooden handle; used to cut meat and veg.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 5-2964, described as Double edged dagger; Wuka; hard forged blade with wooden handle; used to cut meat and veg.

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