Knife
| Object Number: | 42-30-502 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Mangbetu |
| Provenience: | Zaire |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Ivory Iron |
| Length: | 40 cm |
| Width: | 17 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 413 - Other Number |
Description
Simple, undecorated, beaked metal blade; the beak, however, is wide and rounded at end; both the concave edge and the back are sharp; flat projection on each side, roughly at base of blade but not parallel to each other. Long tang extending the full length of the ivory grip which is concavely hexagonal with concave edges to a deep groove 4.2 cm. from the blade; from the groove to the end, the grip is almost circular in section.
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