<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">fighting bracelets</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>spiked bracelets</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>wrist knives</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>fist weapons</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>wrist clubs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>bracelets, fighting</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>clubs, wrist</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>fighting bracelet</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>fighting-bracelets</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Weapons of Africa worn on the wrists and designed for close combat, consisting generally of a metal disk with a central hole and a gap to allow them to be slipped onto the wrist, the outer edge of which is either sharpened like a knife blade or furnished with one or more projections for clubbing or slashing an opponent; sheaths may be worn on both edges. They are used in both actual and ceremonial combat, and worn as signs of manhood or status, or as ornament. ]]></note></mads>