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Object Number 30-65-50/H1425
Display Title Throwing knives
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, flat iron blade, multiple angles, flat iron grip
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mangaiat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Bahr al Ghazal
Additional Geographic Terms Bahr al Ghazal, West; Mangaiat Hills; Raga, W of; Nile-Congo watershed, near
Materials Iron
Dimensions Overall: 45.5 x 40 x 0.3 cm (17 15/16 x 15 3/4 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-65-50/H1425

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