Wrist Knife with protective leather sheath.
When the sheath is removed from the metal disc, a decorative piece worn on the wrist is turned into a lethal weapon.
The Turkana are a pasturalist people of northern Kenya.
Knowing no boundries such knives can also be found in southern Ethiopia.
A similar knife is exhibited in the Berg en Daal "Afrika Museum" in Holland.
Ref.: "Africa - Arts and Cultures", Page 197 - Edited by John Mack - 2000
"Ostafrika Geräte, Waffen, Schmuck" - Völkerkundemuseum der von Portheim-Stiftung Heidelberg.
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