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Throwing Knife
| Object Number: | 42-30-519 |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Zaire |
| Section: | African |
| Materials: | Skin Iron Brass |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number: | 528 - Other Number |
Description
Straight iron blade with at its end on one side a down-curved crescentic blade and on the other an almost vertically upcurved crescentic blade, with pointed spike between them; long, straight, pointed spur with rounded barb near its base, near the grip on the same side as the up-curved blade. Ornamentation of vertical piercings, deep grooves, and brass studs. Grip is a flat extension of the blade covered with skin (the hair inside) and wrapped for about half its length with thick brass wire.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Seven Metals of Africa (12 Nov 1959 - 12 Jan 1960) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Plass, Margaret B. 1959. Seven Metals of Africa.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: H-22 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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