Wrist Knife
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Jan 2015
label: Collection Date
content: 1969 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ivan Karp
label: Collector
content: Patricia Karp
label: Donor Name
content: Patricia Karp
notes: label: Notes
content: Flat metal disk with leather edging. Donor says this is a "Turkana wrist knife worn on the right wrist, used by men as general purpose knife, weapon when fighting. Guard made of cowhide." It was "purchased in Kenya in 1969/1970"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Oct 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kenya, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Turkana
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2070847
label: USNM Number
content: E433801-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 11 cm
label: Height
content: 0.5 cm