Throwing knife

Museum number:
5-15193
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015193
Alternate number:
43 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4386
Description:
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.
Donor:
Dan Stuhlmueller
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Congo Mangbetu
Culture or time period:
Mangbetu
Collector:
Dan Stuhlmueller
Materials:
Iron (metal) (forged iron) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Throwing knives
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
January 9, 1989
Context of use:
Throwing knife, curved, sharp on both ends.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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