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Hearst Museum object titled Throwing knife, accession number 5-15380, described as Knife, throwing, steel with wooden handle. Curved flat blade with barb at top edge. 4 holes drilled into blade near barb. Incised geometric design on 1 side only of blade. Wood handle, wrapped with iron strips. Length 56.0 centimeters, width (at mid point of blade) 3.2 centimeters. From Central Africa, Zaire, Azande. Materials: IN PROGRESS
Hearst Museum object titled Throwing knife, accession number 5-15193, described as Knife; curved iron blade, wooden handle with wrapping of fiber. Iron tacks. Blade rusty, edged on both sides. Length: 39 cm. Throwing knife, curved, sharp on both ends.
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 5-4176, described as Throwing knife (mberembere); iron blade with hide-wrapped handle; blade flattened and curved to pt. at upper end; barb in midsection; 62.5 cm long.
Hearst Museum object titled Throwing knife, accession number 5-4174, described as Throwing knife (shengueshe); iron blade with hide-wrapped handle; double-curved blade with spike facing rear; cloth carrying strap; 59 cm long.

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