Knife
AF1180
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1180 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Azande |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Plant Fiber | Wood |
Description | Sharp, long knife; blade is thicker toward the handle and tapers to a point; wooden handle, short, and is shaped like a bow tie, and is covered by plant fiber wrapped tightly around it except for near the top of the handle where the fiber is unraveling; one half of each face of blade has long parallel 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 (the part near the handle). |
Length | 49.5 cm |
Width | 5.9 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 561 - Other Number |
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