Knife
| Object Number: | 42-30-594A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Arab |
| Provenience: | Sudan |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Iron Ivory Leather |
| 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 - Other Number |
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.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| What is the What? A Sampling of Penn Museum's Sudanese Collections (09 Jan 2008 - 02 Jun 2008) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Africa Galleries: From Maker To Museum (16 Nov 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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