Throwing Knife
AF1777
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1777 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sanga |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber | Iron |
| Description | Long slightly curved central blade which becomes crescent shaped at end opposite the handle; a large, spade shaped blade sticks out from the concave side of the crescent shape at the end of the blade; a much smaller blade sticks out from the netting covering the handle; one side of central (with crescent) and spade shaped blades has ridges near the edges of the blades; handle is wrapped in netting. |
| Length | 42.8 cm |
| Width | 27 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1550 - Other Number |
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