Knive and Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jul 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1889 to 1891
name: label: Collector
content: Cleveland Abbe
label: Donor Name
content: William W. Abbe
notes: label: Notes
content: Silvery metal blade with a bronze and ivory hilt and sheath of brown suede-like material. Both knife and sheath are overall symetrical. The blade has two cutout elongated hearts, two cutout small circles, and a cutout barbell with a small brown insert. There are incised dots along the cutouts. The handle is round and has alternating ivory strips and zigzag metal strips in the middle of the handle. There are incised small and large holes along with lines around the handle. The sheath is plain suede-like material, seamed on one side, with a metal tip and base with small incised decorations.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Mar 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Angola, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2030881
label: USNM Number
content: E435145-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Knife
content: 30 cm
label: Width - Knife
content: 4 cm
label: Maximum Depth - Knife
content: 2 cm
label: Length - Sheath
content: 20 cm
label: Width - Sheath
content: 2.6 cm
label: Maximum Depth - Sheath
content: 0.7 cm