Knife
AF579
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF579 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bankutu | Bakutu |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Imitation knife made of wood, used in dances; incised grooves along the length of blade; left side of blade has been cut off or broken off?, and has been secured in three places by thin strips of twisted fiber; wooden handle, dark brown in color; blade is reddish in color; bulbous center. |
| Length | 35 cm |
| Width | 10.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1014 - Other Number |
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