Knife
42-30-510
From: Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 42-30-510 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mangbetu |
| Provenience | Zaire |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Copper | Wood | Brass |
| Description | Elongated leaf-shaped brass blade, vertically grooved on opposite halves of the two faces; narrow vertical piercing with two pierced holes in front and one behind, all behind the centre. Tang through spool-shaped wooden grip, completely wound with strip of brass-copper-brass. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number | 380 - Other Number |
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