Knife

AF1046

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1046
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden dancing knife; violin shape blade; ornamentally incised with three parallel grooves which trace the form of the blade; zigzag formation on left side; raised vertical segment down the center; top half of handle is incised with a ring, bulbous center, flat base.

Similiar to AF1047

Length 36.2 cm
Width 11.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1015 - Other Number

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