Finger knife

Museum number:
5-6822
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006822
Alternate number:
38 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 12 cm; w. 7.5 cm. Native name: Abobot. Used by men as weapons in combat. 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)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec 1966
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6822, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 12 cm; w. 7.5 cm. Native name: Abobot. Used by men as weapons in combat. Collected Dec. 1966.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Finger knife, accession number 5-6822, described as Finger knife; iron; semi-crescent shape with outer edge sharpened; circular finger loop; wrapped with aluminum wire just below finger loop; l. 12 cm; w. 7.5 cm. Native name: Abobot. Used by men as weapons in combat. Collected Dec. 1966.

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