Knife

Museum number:
5-14190
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014190
Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Knife; long ovoid metal blade and wood handle, cylindrical shape. Iron blade bought from Barabaig blacksmith, wood of local ‘hare’i’ tree branch, but to shape, 1976. Metal blade purchased from specialists, handle made by men or boys. This piece made by Dosla. Used to cut grass, calabash, meat by men or women.
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Guwangw, Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Guwangw village; Iraqw
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-14190, described as Knife; long ovoid metal blade and wood handle, cylindrical shape. Iron blade bought from Barabaig blacksmith, wood of local ‘hare’i’ tree branch, but to shape, 1976. Metal blade purchased from specialists, handle made by men or boys. This piece made by Dosla. Used to cut grass, calabash, meat by men or women.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-14190, described as Knife; long ovoid metal blade and wood handle, cylindrical shape. Iron blade bought from Barabaig blacksmith, wood of local ‘hare’i’ tree branch, but to shape, 1976. Metal blade purchased from specialists, handle made by men or boys. This piece made by Dosla. Used to cut grass, calabash, meat by men or women.

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