Knife
AF1057
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1057 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Ilondo also called Golo Bodja, war knife of the western tribes. Iron blade, double sided, oblong shape with rectangular shaped neck, onamentally incised with a series of grooves, hole through the center; wooden handle, iron ring at top end; flat, round base; twisted fiber coiled partially around a part of the handle. |
| Length | 54 cm |
| Width | 8.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1048 - Other Number |
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