- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Long single edged knife with sickle-shaped blade, incised along the back of the blade with diamonds, lines and dots. Wooden handle bound with copper strips. [El.B 4/6/2007]
- Long description
- The blade has a short projection near the base. The tip is broader than the rest of the blade, triangular and with a small hole, resembling a bird's head with eye and beak. [El.B 4/6/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1911
- Date collected
- By 1911
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1911
- Materials and processes
- Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Copper Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Bound, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 430 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1911.64.122
- Research and responses
Mountmorres is probably 6th Viscount William Geoffrey Bouchard de Montmorency Mountmorres (1872-1936), who embarked on a journey through the Congo in 1904. He also wrote papers on West Africa: 'Maize, cocoa and rubber: Hints on their production in West Africa', 'The commercial possibilities of West Africa' and 'The Congo Independent State, a report'. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/10/2005]
1911.64.122
Long single edged knife with sickle-shaped blade, incised along the back of the blade with diamonds, lines and dots. Wooden handle bound with copper strips. [El.B 4/6/2007]
1911.64.122
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