Knife with carved blade, wooden handle and standable base; 2 round holes in blade.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Congo Republic, Central Soudan, Mangbetu att.
Culture or time period:
Mangbetu
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Throwing knives
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 37.15 centimeters
Comment:
Mangbetu: see Czekanowski Deutsche Zentral Afrika Expedition, vol. 8, pl. 94, D. (Forschungen im Nil-K)Mangbetu: see No. 21, page 59, African Arts/Artsd’Afrique, Vol. 3:2, 1970SlideB/W photo (2) of 363, 364 and 333, stored in Bascom Collecton index card file. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-18-12. Exhibited: Deering Library, Northwestern Uni., 1948; Art Dept., Northwestern Univ., 1955; R.H.Lowie Mus., 1960; and Oakland Pub. Mus., 1960. See "The Throwing Knife in African History" by Pat R. McNaughton, African Arts/ Arts d'Afrique, pp. 54-60, 89, vol.III, No. 2, 1970 (No. 21, p.59 is basis of Dr. Bascom's attribution); see also No. D, plate 94, vol. 8 in Czekanowski, Deutsche Zentral Afrika Expedition.