Knife
AF1179
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1179 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Azande |
Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood |
Description | Sharp, iron knife; blade is thicker toward the handle and tapers to a point; wooden handle, short and shaped like a bow tie; one half of each face of blade has long pararllel curved lines; small section of blade just beneath the handle has parallel ridges on each face; there is a circular hole in the blade toward the top of the blade; there is a small star surrounded by a circle on one face of blade (found a few inches below the hole) |
Length | 51 cm |
Width | 5.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 560 - Original Number |
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