Knife
42-30-581
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Katanga Province
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 42-30-581 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Batetela |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Katanga Province |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Copper |
| Description | Double-edged iron blade with pronounced medial ridge tapering to point; sides near tang sharply concave; band of grooves following contour of blade for 2/3 its length near opposite edges of the two faces. Crescent-shaped guard; grip cylindrical with wide offset 8 cm. from blade, beyond which it tapers towards end; all completely covered with sheet copper with impressed parallel line decoration, partly forming triangles. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number | 378 - Collector Number |
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