Knife
AF1045
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1045 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Wooden, Ikula. During the time of the new moon, iron state knives are not allowed to be worn, and these wooden ones are substituted. Rectangular shaped blade with rounded top end-this part is incised with cross hatch pattern; blade incised with four vertical grooves on both the front and back; cylindrical handle with protruding bulbous part towards the flat base. |
| Length | 30 cm |
| Width | 7.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1027 - Other Number |
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