Knife
42-30-504
From: Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 42-30-504 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mangbetu |
Provenience | Zaire |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood |
Description | Beaked metal blade, both the back and the cutting edge concave and sharp; projection on each side of flat tang, which extends the full length of the wooden grip, lentoid in section, with concave edges, to a deep groove 4.2 cm. from the blade; from the groove to the end, the grip is almost circular in section. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number | 375A - Collector Number |
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