- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Chopping-knife. The handle and blade are carved from wood. The handle curves slightly at the end with a cylindrical extension, below the extension the wooden blade is set into the handle with resin. The blade curves downwards at a right-angle at the tip, there is a step in the blade at the end. The blade is stained black. [AB [OPS Move] 1/12/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Wamegi
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1916
- Date collected
- circa 1916
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1916
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 32 mm, Length: max 600 mm, Width: max 164 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1916.26.13
- Research and responses
Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8
Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8
1916.26.13
Chopping-knife. The handle and blade are carved from wood. The handle curves slightly at the end with a cylindrical extension, below the extension the wooden blade is set into the handle with resin. The blade curves downwards at a right-angle at the tip, there is a step in the blade at the end. The blade is stained black. [AB [OPS Move] 1/12/2016]
1916.26.13
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