Knife And Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: 1(2) CYLINDRICAL WOODEN SHEATH IS COVERED W/ DARK RED LEATHER THAT HAS NATURAL COLOR FIBER WOVEN THROUGH. PARTS OF SHEATH COVERED W/ BLACK PAINT. ONE END HAS BROWN & DARK GREEN TASSELS. OTHER OPEN END (FOR INSERTION OF KNIFE) HAS BRAIDED DARK-GREEN LEATHER STRINGS FOR HANGING. ONE IS STRUNG THROUGH BUTTON-LIKE OBJECT MADE FROM A COIL OF RED LEATHER. KNIFE HANDLE IS PROBABLY WOOD COVERED /W DARK RED LEATHER PAINTED W/ VERTICAL BLACK STRIPES. ALSO HAS WOVEN NATURAL FIBERS W/ DARK RED LEATHER STRIPS. POINTED KNIFE BLADE IS COPPER COLORED. BOTH ARE A GIFT TO THE DONOR, RECEIVED IN FREETOWN. PART OF A TRADITIONAL DRESS FOR MEN.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Jul 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fula
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427523-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife/Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - 2 Of 2
content: 30.2 cm
label: Width - 2 Of 2
content: 4.5 cm
label: Height - 2 Of 2
content: 2.5 cm
label: Length - 1 Of 2
content: 32 cm
label: Width - 1 Of 2
content: 19 cm
label: Height - 1 Of 2
content: 4 cm