Knife

AF1178

From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1178
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Azande
Provenience Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood
Description

Sharp, long knife; blade is thicker toward the handle and tapers to a point; wooden handle, is shaped like a bow tie, and is short; 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 (the part near the handle).

Length 55.9 cm
Width 6.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 559 - Original Number

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