Knife

Museum number:
5-6269a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21056269a@2cb
Alternate number:
5a-b (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
knife & sheath; a) knife; iron w/ metal & leather hilt in red, brown & black; b) sheath; leather w/ red & tan bands; worked design one side; length 38.2 cm; width 4.5 cm. Purchased from Hausa trader in Kano. Collected Jan 1965.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kano, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Kano; Hausa (?) (purchasedAfrica; Nigeria; Kano; Hausa (?) (Murdock 17:38) Purchased from Hausa trader in Kano, unsure of tribe or origin from Hausa trader in Kano)
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection date:
Jan 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-6269a,b, described as knife & sheath; a) knife; iron w/ metal & leather hilt in red, brown & black; b) sheath; leather w/ red & tan bands; worked design one side; length 38.2 cm; width 4.5 cm. Purchased from Hausa trader in Kano. Collected Jan 1965.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-6269a,b, described as knife & sheath; a) knife; iron w/ metal & leather hilt in red, brown & black; b) sheath; leather w/ red & tan bands; worked design one side; length 38.2 cm; width 4.5 cm. Purchased from Hausa trader in Kano. Collected Jan 1965.

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