Knife

AF1181

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1181
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Azande
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Iron | Copper | Wood | Plant Fiber
Description

Sharp, long knife; blade is thicker toward the handle and tapers to a point; wooden handle, is shaped like a bow tie, and is entirely wrapped with plant fiber and is wrapped in the center with a thick copper wire; one half of each face of blade has two long parallel and curved ridges; small section of blade just beneath the handle has two parallel ridges.

Length 47.2 cm
Width 5.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 562 - Other Number

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