Knife and sheath

Museum number:
5-8561a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21058561a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.2569
Description:
A) Knife, steel, double-edged, crescent-shaped blade hafted to carved horn handle; length: 30.7 cm. B) Sheath, leather, stitched along one side, leather loop and laces; length: 22 cm.
Donor:
David Solomon and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Danakil desert, Afar Region, Ethiopia
Culture or time period:
Danakil
Collection date:
1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
October 1969
Context of use:
Purchased at Bati or Baati market at the edge of the Danakil Desert. New.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife and sheath, accession number 5-8561a,b, described as A) Knife, steel, double-edged, crescent-shaped blade hafted to carved horn handle; length: 30.7 cm. B) Sheath, leather, stitched along one side, leather loop and laces; length: 22 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife and sheath, accession number 5-8561a,b, described as A) Knife, steel, double-edged, crescent-shaped blade hafted to carved horn handle; length: 30.7 cm. B) Sheath, leather, stitched along one side, leather loop and laces; length: 22 cm.

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