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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