Knife

Object Number:	42-30-560A
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Baluba
Provenience:	Zaire
Section:	African
Materials:	Iron Ivory
Height:	5 cm
Length:	24.2 cm
Width:	1.2 cm
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.