Throwing Knife
AF1780
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1780 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Abanza |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Iron |
| Description | Throwing knife with a leather bound handle; protruding from right side of the neck of blade is a rounded oblong blade: head of blade is cut out-left side is sickle shape and the right side is crescent shape; blade is ornamented with geometric carving. |
| Length | 38 cm |
| Width | 25.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
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