Knife

Museum number:
5-2993
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002993
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Woman's knife; Iho; wooden handle; iron blade; used for peeling yams.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Vande Ikya, Benue State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Tiv; Vande Ikya
Culture or time period:
Tiv
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-2993, described as Woman's knife; Iho; wooden handle; iron blade; used for peeling yams.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-2993, described as Woman's knife; Iho; wooden handle; iron blade; used for peeling yams.

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