Knife
AF1158
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1158 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bankutu |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | Cermonial wooden sword; rectangular shaped blade; incised with raised line down the center and coil at the top end of both the front and back; ribbed handle; disc like protrusion near base of handle. Incomplete. Similiar to AF1157, AF1159 |
| Length | 48.5 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1033 - Other Number |
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