Tribal utilitarian objects - Turkana - Kenya

Four utilitarian objects from the Turkana, a nomadic people in northern Kenya. All in refined design.
The large pot (leather and a split wooden lid that refers to the horns of cattle) for fat/milk and the small pot (wood and leather) for roasted meat/honey. Very special is the wrist knife (called "abarait") with an inner and outer protective sheath in leather, trimmed with copper beads. It is at once (male) jewelry, a cutting knife, and a weapon. Furthermore a finger knife ("egolu") that is slid onto a finger and sometimes hidden in the palm and can suddenly be rotated outward as a stabbing weapon. Top pieces! All collected on site in the 1990s.