Sheath
AF1055B
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1055B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Wood | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Goribi, war knife of the eastern tribes. Wooden sheath, leaf shape, forming at point at base, back surface is smooth, front side is incised, raised vertical piece in the center with three holes-one through the top, center and base, thick piece of twisted fiber is wrapped around and through the first hole. |
| Length | 43 cm |
| Width | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1070 - Other Number |
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