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Object Number 2007.18.10.2
Display Title Knife
Descriptions
Object Description Knife
Inventory Description Knife, wood handle, wrapped with metal strip, flat, tapered blade
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date 1981 or earlier
Culture
  • Lese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Ituri Forest
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 3.4 x 1.1 cm (7 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2007.18.10.2
Credit Line Gift of Irven DeVore
Provenance
Collector Irven DeVore (1981 - 12/27/07)
Donor Irven DeVore (1981 - 12/27/07)

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