Knife
AF1190
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1190 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Iron blade, fan shape with slight raise down the center; wooden handle, thin iron wire coiled around the top of handle, seven brass tacks(one missing) encircle slight bulge in handle; two raised lines found below this; flat round base, ornamented with eight brass tacks in the form of an X (one tack missing). |
| Length | 32.5 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1071 - Other Number |
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