Knife
AF1046
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1046 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Wooden dancing knife; violin shape blade; ornamentally incised with three parallel grooves which trace the form of the blade; zigzag formation on left side; raised vertical segment down the center; top half of handle is incised with a ring, bulbous center, flat base. Similiar to AF1047 |
| Length | 36.2 cm |
| Width | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1015 - Other Number |
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