Throwing Knife
AF1786
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1786 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Iron |
| Description | Throwing knife; basket weave like leather handle; base of blade protrudes from the center base of handle, forming a loop, a piece of twisted rope is tied loosely through loop; iron blade, long neck, fan shaped head, a rectangular shaped piece with a circular cutout in the center protrudes from side of blade; lower left side of blade is incised. |
| Length | 64.5 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1555 - Other Number |
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