Knife
AF1018
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Mubangi District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1018 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sango |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Mubangi District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Copper | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Iron blade extends from wooden handle; handle is completely wrapped in copper wire; part of blade visible above the copper wire is triangular shaped; one half of each face is set lower than the other half and has a slightly raised ridge running lengthwise down the center of it; there is a hole in the handle halfway down the length of the knife. |
| Length | 16.8 cm |
| Width | 2.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 641 - Other Number |
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