Object Number | 42-30-569 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Fang |
Provenience | Gabon |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood |
Description | Iron blade, the sides parallel for most of their length, then rounded to point; slight medial ridge on each face; band of punctate decoration and hatched triangles and arcs near the bsae on each face; barb from each corner of base; wide, flat "stem" with raised edges. Cylindrical wooden grip with short straight guard from which a tongue extends the length of use "stem" on each face. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number | 258 - Collector Number |
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