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1906.65.2

Large knife with broad leaf-shaped blade incised with dotted lines, with wooden handle with disc-shaped butt. [El.B 26/10/2007]


1906.65.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Large knife with broad leaf-shaped blade incised with dotted lines, with wooden handle with disc-shaped butt. [El.B 26/10/2007]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1906
Date collected
Before 1906
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1906
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 480 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1906.65.2
Research and responses

There is a river called Mongala in Zaire [AP 3/5/2000]

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Knife