Wrist knife

Museum number:
5-3396
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1771
Description:
Wrist knife; ovate; iron blade with red leather sheath; approx. 6.25 inches x 5.25 inches.
Donor:
John Desmond Clark and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Karamojong tribe
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-3396, described as Wrist knife; ovate; iron blade with red leather sheath; approx. 6.25 inches x 5.25 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wrist knife, accession number 5-3396, described as Wrist knife; ovate; iron blade with red leather sheath; approx. 6.25 inches x 5.25 inches.

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