Throwing knife

Museum number:
5-4176
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
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.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Throwing knives
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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