Knife
AF1015
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1015 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Iron | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Circumcision knife. Slightly curved iron blade with wooden handle. Handle is wrapped with brass wire. Small piece of twisted plant fiber is tied to a metal hook on one end of handle. |
| Height | 0.8 cm |
| Length | 15.3 cm |
| Width | 1.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1090 - Other Number |
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