Knife

Museum number:
5-2593
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-364 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1683
Description:
Knife with carved blade, wooden handle and standable base; 3 round holes in base.
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 36.5 centimeters
Comment:
Slide.B/W photo stored with #363, in Bascom Collection 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; M.H. de Young Memorial Mus., 1961. 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.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #13: Cole Elementary School/Beverly D. Deffes (September 12, 1963–September 13, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-2593, described as Knife with carved blade, wooden handle and standable base; 3 round holes in base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-2593, described as Knife with carved blade, wooden handle and standable base; 3 round holes in base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 5-2593, described as Knife with carved blade, wooden handle and standable base; 3 round holes in base.

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