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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