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: 2000/184/060

: British Empire & Commonwealth

: Armament

: egwolu

: Small curved blade ending in a finger hook. Used in close combat fighting. Finger knife (local name Egwolu). Worn on middle finger by men of the Karamojong people of the Karamoja district of Uganda

: British Empire & Commonwealth Museum Collection

: Karamojo district, Uganda, East Africa, Africa

: Karamojong

: Karamojo district, Uganda, East Africa, Africa

: Transferred from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, 2012