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Knife
| Object Number: | 42-30-560A |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Baluba |
| Provenience: | Zaire |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Iron Ivory |
| Height: | 5 |
| Length: | 24.2 |
| Width: | 1.2 |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 382 - Other Number |
Description
Double-edged iron blade; sides slightly concave to a rounded shoulder from which they taper to blunt point; slight medial ridge and ridge near edges on both faces; short vertical slit with milled edges near tang which is inserted and hooked over the edge of a flattened hourglass shaped ivory grip.
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