Knife - rough hewn wooden handle, straight iron blade ("indiga") – Objects

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Object Number 39-39-50/4473

Display Title Knife - rough hewn wooden handle, straight iron blade ("indiga")

Descriptions

Indigenous Term indiga

Inventory Description Knife, steel blade, crude wooden handle

Classification

Raw Material
Knife

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Banyaruanda

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nyaruanda

Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near

Materials Wood, Metal

Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 3.6 x 3.1 cm (11 5/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 39-39-50/4473

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	39-39-50/4474	Knife - rough hewn wooden handle, straight iron blade (made from +	Knife Raw Material	Nyaruanda
Image Not Available for Knife - rough iron blade, wooden handle with bark ("indiga")	39-39-50/4472	Knife - rough iron blade, wooden handle with bark ("indiga")		Uganda
Image Not Available for Knife, rough iron blade, wooden handle with bark	2017.19.6	Knife, rough iron blade, wooden handle with bark	Knife	Uganda
	39-39-50/4475	Iron knife without handle ("indiga")	Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4481	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Raw Material Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4482	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4486	Knife, scalpel type - grooved iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and s	Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4484	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4480	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4483	Knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and skinning	Raw Material Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4485	Small knife, scalpel type - iron blade, wooden handle; used for scraping and ski	Knife	Nyaruanda
	39-39-50/4476	Sheath containing knife - hand hewn, checker pattern on side ("gihombo")	Knife	Nyaruanda

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