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Metal knife with carved wooden head image
Object Number 17-41-50/B1565
Display Title Metal knife with carved wooden head image
Descriptions
Object Description Knife with anthropomorphic handle of carved wood, in likeness of human head. It is hafted with a steel blade/hilt, tapered to point, rectangular hollow in center. The hilt is perforated with 6 holes. The carved head is decoratively incised and stained. Surfaces have a buffed patina.
Inventory Description Knife, wooden handle in shape of human head, iron blade with rectangular opening
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Baluba
  • Mangbetu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Democratic Republic of Congo, northeast
Materials Metal, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 22 x 5.3 x 5.5 cm (8 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-41-50/B1565
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George Howe, A. C. Coolidge, and Oric Bates, 1917
Provenance
Collector Henri Pareyn (1894 - 1917)
Collector Leon Verstraeten (1892 - 1894)
Dealer William O. Oldman (1917)
Donor Prof. A. C. Coolidge (July 1917)
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (July 1917)
Donor Mrs. George P. Howe (July 1917)

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