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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