Knife
AF1050
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1050 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Pianga |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Iron |
| Description | Dress knife, ikula. Worn by freemen on the right hip. Double edged Iron leaf shaped wide blade, tapering towards handle; blade is incised with two grooves outlining the shape on both the front and back; wooden handle. |
| Length | 36 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1067 - Other Number |
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