Knife

Object Number: | 42-30-577 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Banyang |
Provenience: | Zaire |
Section: | African |
Materials: | Iron Copper Wood |
Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number: | 516 - Other Number |
Description
Iron blade. Sharp medial ridge which puts opposite halves on slightly different planes. Short wooden grip, with wide guard; the grip wound with copper wire, the ends of the guard and the flat knob end with sheet copper.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Seven Metals of Africa (12 Nov 1959 - 12 Jan 1960) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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