Knife
AF1048
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1048 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Bambala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Iron |
| Description | Dress knife, ikula. With inlaid handle. Worn by freemen on the right hip. Double edged Iron leaf shaped wide blade, tapering towards handle; blade is incised with two grooves outlining the shape on both the front and back; wooden handle. |
| Length | 34.5 cm |
| Width | 9.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1065 - Original Number |
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