Knife
56-13-1A
From: Gabon
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 56-13-1A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Fang |
| Provenience | Gabon |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Double-edged steel blade with slightly recurved sides tapering to sharp point; punctate and fine parallel line decoration on both faces of blade at butt end. Wide shallow groove lengthwise of each face; two long barbs beside one flat section terminating in tang which is inserted in cylindrical wooden grip; ornamented wooden tongue from grip on both faces of this flat section. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Arthur T. Cameron, 1956 |
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