Finger Knife (Getas)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1987 - 1988
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Rosemary Gianno
notes: label: Notes
content: COMPOSED OF 2 PIECES OF DARK BROWN (STAINED?) WOOD SET PERPENDICULAR TO ONE ANOTHER. HANDLE IS CYLINDRICAL PIECE. SECOND PIECE OF WOOD HOLDING BLADE IS SET INTO NOTCH IN MIDDLE OF HANDLE W/ SMALL PIECE OF CLOTH WEDGED IN BETWEEN. IRON BLADE IS RUSTY. ACCORDING TO ROSEMARY GIANNO (COLLECTOR) KNIFE IS "FOR REAPING, HARVESTING RICE. NO LONGER USED. NOW USE SCYTHES (QAR T). NOT SURE OF MANUFACTURE DATE, BUT OLD RUSTY BLADE. PLANK (PAPAN) IS MADE OF L BAN (VITEX PUBESCENS), IRON BLADE. POLE IS CALLED A TANGKAY (STOM). MADE FOR USE. USED." BOUGHT FROM CI ALA,KETUA DESN OF GUNONG KEMALAH'S MOTHER ON NOVEMBER 12, 1987. SEE GIANNO 1986A AND 1986B IN ACCESSION FILE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Krui, West Coast Of Lampung Province, Sumatra, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Lampungese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 385313
label: USNM Number
content: E428827-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 12.9 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.3 cm