Wood handled metal utensil

Museum number:
5-14280
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014280
Accession number:
Acc.3572
Description:
Sword. Iron blade with ridge down center, 2 pairs of lunate projections, open lobe at tops, 6 perforations. Set into wood handle, which has old insect damage. Length 55.5 centimeters.
Donor:
Ronald Grimes
Collection place:
Ituri Rainforest, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Zaire; Ituri Forest Pygmy
Culture or time period:
Pygmy
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wood handled metal utensil, accession number 5-14280, described as Sword. Iron blade with ridge down center, 2 pairs of lunate projections, open lobe at tops, 6 perforations. Set into wood handle, which has old insect damage. Length 55.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood handled metal utensil, accession number 5-14280, described as Sword. Iron blade with ridge down center, 2 pairs of lunate projections, open lobe at tops, 6 perforations. Set into wood handle, which has old insect damage. Length 55.5 centimeters.

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