Knife

AF1053

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1053
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bushongo | Pianga
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood | Iron
Description

Dress knife, ikula

Worn by freemen on the right hip.

Iron blade, incised with three parallel grooves on both the front and back; wooden handle, incised with three thin lines in three places-upper end, center, and base; Y-shaped handle; bulbous protrusion at base.

Length 34 cm
Width 6.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1253 - Other Number

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