Throwing Knife
42-30-528
From: Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 42-30-528 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Zaire |
Section | African |
Materials | Fiber | Brass |
Description | Flat brass blade with wider projection at an obtuse angle; the projection has slightly concave, bevelled edges and a wider, rounded end. Small crescentic spur just above grip which is a flat extension of the blade, covered with netting. Two bands of notches and four incomplete piercings with deeply notched edges. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number | 111 - Collector Number |
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