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unknown Tuareg
Tuareg Primary
Tuareg Knife and Sheath
19th century - 20th century
Metal, Fiber
.0.95 x 1.38 x 9.53 in. (3.505 x 24.206 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
2016.14.83.a-b
Geography:
Africa
Culture/Nationality:
Tuareg, African
Collection:
Jane Martin Collection
Keywords
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- African - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Africa, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.
- knives - Cutting instruments consisting of a blade with a sharpened longitudinal edge fixed in a handle, either rigidly as in a table-, carving, or sheath-knife, or with a joint as in a pocket- or clasp-knife. Knives may be used to cut food, especially in serving and eating, as weapons, and for other purposes. The blade may be of steel or another metal or stone, as in the flint knives of early man, or of another material such as ivory or wood (as with a paperknife). The term also refers to tools that are shaped or used as knives, even if the edge is not particularly sharp or actually used for cutting.
- Tuareg - Style and culture of the Berber people of the same name, living in the Sahara and North Africa.
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Comparanda List
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- Marc Ginzberg, African Forms: The Traditional Design and Function of Objects (London, England: Thames & Hudson, 2000), 187.
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