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Hearst Museum object titled Throwing knife, accession number 5-15378, described as Knife, throwing, steel with wooden handle and hilt. Flat blade with forged ring base for attachment of carrier, both sides unsharpened until near tip. Flaring curved tip with backward pointing barb. Raised geometric design on tip, blending into shank of blade. Small hole near center of tip. Length 61.3 centimeters, width (at top of knife) 20.2 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Njem Bumali.

Hearst Museum object titled Throwing knife, accession number 5-15378, described as Knife, throwing, steel with wooden handle and hilt. Flat blade with forged ring base for attachment of carrier, both sides unsharpened until near tip. Flaring curved tip with backward pointing barb. Raised geometric design on tip, blending into shank of blade. Small hole near center of tip. Length 61.3 centimeters, width (at top of knife) 20.2 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Njem Bumali.

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