Kukuri (3 Knives In 1 Holster)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Jun 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1960 to 1969
name: label: Collector
content: John T. Hitchcock
label: Donor Name
content: Catharine McClellan
notes: label: Notes
content: One large and two small knives, steel blades and plain wooden handles, slightly flared at the ends. Brown leather sheath, stitched up one side, with smaller matching sheath for the smaller knives, attached together at the top. Small sheath has a bit of fringe and a strip of red leather stitched across the top.
label: Notes
content: Kukuri (KhuKuri in Nepalese) 3 knives in one holster. Used by the Bhujel people to cut fodder. It is referenced in an article in National Anthropological Archives, John Hitchcock Collection (Box 43 "Sickle and Kukuri" Chapter 5) and in film "Himalayan Farmer" (available at the Human Studies Film Archives, 2007.7.2)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Oct 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 4
place: label: Place
content: Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2032229
label: USNM Number
content: E433362-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife / Knife Sheath