sheath
- Museum number
- Af1988,11.14.b
- Description
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Register 1988
Sheath of hide sewn with copper wire. A narrow thong of hide is attached to the back of the sheath and may originally have been connected to the hilt of the knife.
- Dimensions
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Length: 22 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Ethdoc 61 - Notes by vendor
'(17) Knife in leather scabbard - made and worn by the same man as made the head dress (Af1988,11.24).'
Register 1988
Sheath of hide sewn with copper wire. A narrow thong of hide is attached to the back of the sheath and may originally have been connected to the hilt of the knife.
Karamojong, Kotido town, Karamoja, Uganda.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1988
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1988,11.14.b