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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