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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Congolese
Title:Congo Ceremonial Knife
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:iron
Place Made:Africa
Measurements:Overall: 19 in x 13 5/8 in x 15/16 in; 48.3 cm x 34.6 cm x 2.4 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1979.132
Credit Line:Gift of Peter Marks (Class of 1956) and Jean Marks
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
A throwing knife, three-pronged iron blade worked with incised linear and geometric decorations, straw wrappings on handle.

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