Knife with curved iron blade with long spiked tip and carved wooden handle. [SM 08/06/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Knife with curved iron blade with long spiked tip and carved wooden handle. [SM 08/06/2007]
Long description: Knife with curved iron blade with long spiked tip and carved wooden handle. The blade curves at approximately 90 degrees to a tapering tip. It is double edged and has two blunt ended projections extending from the outer edge and one from the inner edge. These projections are irregularly hexagonal in section. The outer edge curves out slightly, the inner edge is very concave. Two large holes run through the blade at the same point as the two projections on the outer edge. The blade is blackened in the centre on both surfaces. The handle consists of a flared section and a cylindrical one. They are separated by a carved out band approximately 2/5ths down the length of the handle. [SM 08/06/2007]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of
Cultural groups: Mangbetu
Person: Field collector Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard; PRM source Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1948
Date collected: By 1948
Acquisition information: Found unentered: 1948
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Width: max 200 mm, Length: max 360 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1948.2.149 Other numbers: 15

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