- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Knife made entirely of iron with curved blade ending in a rounded tip and long tapering grip with twisted iron loop at butt. [SM 26/06/2007]
- Long description
- Knife made entirely of iron with curved blade ending in a rounded tip and long tapering grip with twisted iron loop at butt. The grip is decorated with heavily incised lines or grooves on one side. The blade has a single curved groove on the same side. [SM 26/06/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Upper Ubangi River
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1906
- Date collected
- Before 1906
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1906
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Decorated, Process Twisted, Process Grooved, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Width: max 43 mm, Length: max 270 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1906.65.10
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