Knife
AF1025
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1025 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mangbetu |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood |
Description | Wood carvers knife. Long cylindrical wooden handle, tapering to point at the end; two pieces of iron are wrapped around the base of the neck of the handle to secure blade; faintly incised are two stars on one side of blade; verticla groove down one side of blade. |
Length | 33.5 cm |
Width | 1.3 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 639 - Other Number |
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