Knife
AF1192
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1192 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bushongo |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Copper | Wood | Brass | Copper Alloy |
Technique | Inlaid |
Description | Dancing knife. Copper blade, triangular shaped tip, four slight flaring corners, perforated ornamenatation raised segment down the center; wooden handle, brass inlay-Ikuri Banga pattern, cylindrical shape copper piece with brass coiled wire fits over base of handle. |
Length | 37.5 cm |
Width | 8.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 651 - Other Number |
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