Knife
AF1047
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1047 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Wooden dancing knife; violin shape blade; ornamentally incised with three parallel grooves tapering to one towards the top end; raised vertical segment down the center; cylindrical handle; bulbous protrusion at the top of handle, flaring outwards to a flat round base. Carried in dances. Similiar to AF1046 |
| Length | 38 cm |
| Width | 11 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1026 - Other Number |
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