Knife

Museum number:
5-7969a
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
39 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2175
Description:
a) Knife; aluminum handle w/ cross hatch incised design; iron loop top of handle; double edged steel blade; length: 21.5 cm; b) Scabbard; aluminum; length: 15cm Used as a status symbol, decoration
Donor:
Jay Nolan and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Bokeza village, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Bokeza village (near Zorzor) Loma
Culture or time period:
Loma
Collection date:
1964-65
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scabbards
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-7969a, described as a) Knife; aluminum handle w/ cross hatch incised design; iron loop top of handle; double edged steel blade; length: 21.5 cm; b) Scabbard; aluminum; length: 15cm Used as a status symbol, decoration
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-7969a, described as a) Knife; aluminum handle w/ cross hatch incised design; iron loop top of handle; double edged steel blade; length: 21.5 cm; b) Scabbard; aluminum; length: 15cm Used as a status symbol, decoration

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