Throwing Knife
Object Number:
AF1770
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Sanga
Fan
Provenience:
Zaire
Kasai District
Belgian Congo
Section:
African
Materials:
Iron
Wood
Brass
Description:
Throwing knife; Iron blade with wooden handle; handle tapers to a point; bird shaped blade with triangular cut in the middle; narrow triangular protrusion from the base of blade, protrusion is wrapped with copper wire.
Credit Line:
Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Seven Metals of Africa (12 Nov 1959 - 12 Jan 1960)
Bibliography:
[Book] Plass, Margaret. 1959. Seven Metals of Africa.
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