Knife
AF1053
From: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1053 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Pianga |
| Provenience | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Iron |
| Description | Dress knife, ikula. Worn by freemen on the right hip. Iron blade, incised with three parallel grooves on both the front and back; wooden handle, incised with three thin lines in three places-upper end, center, and base; Y-shaped handle; bulbous protrusion at base. |
| Length | 34 cm |
| Width | 6.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1253 - Other Number |
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