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Knife
| Object Number: | 42-30-537 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Batetela |
| Provenience: | Zaire Kasai District Belgian Congo |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Iron Wood |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 500 - Other Number |
Description
Crescentic iron blade, the outer edge, convex for two-thirds of its length but concave near the tang, being the cutting edge. Band of grooves on one face parallel with the cutting edge; double line of tiny punctates and a short corss-hatched band on each face. Cylindrical wooden grip slightly extended at each end; long iron ferrule.
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