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AF1055A

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1055A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood | Copper
Description

Goribi, war knife of the eastern tribes.

Iron blade; wooden handle, Y shaped top end; cylindrical body; bulbous protrusion at lower end, three brass tacks ornament handle, thin copper wire wrapped around base, rings incised around the top end and center of handle.

Length 40 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1070 - Other Number

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