- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Knife with ogee-shaped blade dividing into three strands at the base, incised with line patterns and inlaid with dots of copper. With wooden grip expanding towards the blade, incised with patterns, the upper bound bound with iron and sheet copper, the lower part with copper bands. [El.B 30/10/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Boyoma Falls
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1888
- Date collected
- 1887 - 1888
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1927
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Metal, Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Bound, Process Inlaid
- Dimensions
- Length: max 513 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1927.54.50
1927.54.50
Knife with ogee-shaped blade dividing into three strands at the base, incised with line patterns and inlaid with dots of copper. With wooden grip expanding towards the blade, incised with patterns, the upper bound bound with iron and sheet copper, the lower part with copper bands. [El.B 30/10/2007]
1927.54.50
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