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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