Knife

42-30-594A

From: Sudan

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 42-30-594A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Arab
Provenience Sudan
Section African
Materials Iron | Ivory | Leather
Description

Bluntly double-edged iron blade tapering to point; deeply incised decoration of double angled lines with circles at inner points and of semicircles, on each face. Tang inserted in cylindrical ivory grip with hollow disc end; ornamentation of bands and groups of incised and blackened annulets.

Length 43 cm
Width 3.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942
Other Number 179 - Collector Number

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