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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