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Wrist knives

Scope note

Fighting bracelets consisting of a single, continuous disk-shaped blade with a gap and a hole in the middle to allow them to be slipped onto the wrist, with thin sheaths of hide covering both the inner and sharpened outer edges; may also serve as cutting tools, and in some cases as ornament or signs of identity.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000250828

Broader Terms used

fighting bracelets

Term used for

knives, wrist
wrist-knives

Equivalent Terms used

wrist knife

Created

13yrs ago

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