Wrist knife

Museum number:
5-6768a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056768a@2cb
Alternate number:
8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
a) wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut of center; leather ring inserted in center section, wrapped with metal wire; b) sheath; piece of leather fitted around outer edge; length 12.5 cm; width 10.5 cm. Native name: Agul/Akurraro. Used by men as fighting weapons; worn on wrists; leather sheath removed when fighting 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) Moroto Development Center
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-6768a,b, described as a) wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut of center; leather ring inserted in center section, wrapped with metal wire; b) sheath; piece of leather fitted around outer edge; length 12.5 cm; width 10.5 cm. Native name: Agul/Akurraro. Used by men as fighting weapons; worn on wrists; leather sheath removed when fighting Collected Dec 1966.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-6768a,b, described as a) wrist knife; iron; flat oval shape with outer edges ground; circle cut of center; leather ring inserted in center section, wrapped with metal wire; b) sheath; piece of leather fitted around outer edge; length 12.5 cm; width 10.5 cm. Native name: Agul/Akurraro. Used by men as fighting weapons; worn on wrists; leather sheath removed when fighting Collected Dec 1966.

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