Dagger. Curving iron blade with 2 planes. 6 raised dots on each plane. Copper wrapped wood handle (some sheeting lost) and white metal wire in spirals below grip. Length 35.1 centimeters. Said to be ceremonial dagger.
Donor:
Ronald Grimes
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Tetela tribe probably; collected from Pygmy but not made by them
Culture or time period:
Tetela
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Daggers (weapons)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama