throwing-knife
- Museum number
- Af1954,+23.928
- Description
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Throwing knife. Iron blade dividing into two triangular sections at tip. Single short spur at base of blade near handle. Handle wrapped in vegetal fibre.
- Dimensions
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Height: 36 centimetres
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Width: 26.70 centimetres
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Depth: 1.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Throwing knives of this type are now attributed to the Yangere and Gbaya in the south-west of the Central African Republic, crossing the borders of the Cameroons and the Republic of Congo. See Marc Felix, 'Kipinga', p.169.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,+23.928