Knife
| Object Number: | 42-30-532 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Ababua |
| 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: | 499 - Other Number |
Description
Double-edged iron blade widening to rounded end. On each face, a double line of gouges terminating in a group of four small inlaid copper discs surrounded by gouged dots. Deep, lenthwise piercing on both surfaces between blade and wooden grip, whichwidens to a flat, circular end, and is completely wrapped with a narrow strip of copper.
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