Knife
AF1181
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1181 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Azande |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Copper | Wood | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Sharp, long knife; blade is thicker toward the handle and tapers to a point; wooden handle, is shaped like a bow tie, and is entirely wrapped with plant fiber and is wrapped in the center with a thick copper wire; one half of each face of blade has two long parallel and curved ridges; small section of blade just beneath the handle has two parallel ridges. |
| Length | 47.2 cm |
| Width | 5.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 562 - Other Number |
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