Knife

AF1026

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1026
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mangbetu
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood | Copper
Description

Wood carvers knife. Long cylindrical wooden handle, tapering to point at the end; top end of handle slightly bulges; four rectangular incisions are found in the center of the bulge, a thin wire is placed through two of the openings with a flattened strip of iron attached to other end; neck of hilt is decorated with a thin strip of iron wire coiled around it; above this part is a thin piece of copper wire coiled around six times; vertical groove down one side of blade.

Length 42 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912

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