Finger knife

Museum number:
5-6815
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006815
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with copper wire just below finger loop; l. 9.5 cm; w. 7 cm.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Finger knives (cutting tools), Finger knives (fist weapons), and Finger knives (knife weapons)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1971-1972 #45: Redway Elementary School/Barbara Arnold (November 3, 1971–December 3, 1971) and S1972-1973 #10: unknown borrower (August 21, 1972–February 6, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6815, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with copper wire just below finger loop; l. 9.5 cm; w. 7 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6815, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with copper wire just below finger loop; l. 9.5 cm; w. 7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6815, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with copper wire just below finger loop; l. 9.5 cm; w. 7 cm.

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