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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)

Anthropology

Ethnography

Asset ID 338160

Title Throwing knife, Azande.

Description The unusual shape of Zande throwing knives was quite effective in warfare. Lang wrote that "throwing knives are only used by the Azande. They set out with several throwing knives that are held fast or hung onto the leather strap in the back of the shield besides being held firmly with the thumb. During encounters they are said to throw these knives with great dexterity at great distances" (780).
Materials: Metal (iron), cord, coating.

Agent (Role) Gardiner, Lynton (Photographer), Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957 (Collector)

Date 1910 (collected), 1990 (photographed)

Artwork/Object Type Knives

Physical dimensions L:45.7 W:41 (in CM)

Country Democratic Republic of the Congo

Is Part Of African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire, Division of Anthropology, African Ethnographic Collection

Collection/Work Relation AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Negative Collection, 8 x 10: 338160

External Resource AMNH Library authority record: American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)

Department Catalog Number(s) 90.1/2845

Rights statement Information on rights available at the repository.

Repository American Museum of Natural History

Publication History Schildkrout, Enid, Curtis A Keim, Curtis A Keim, American Museum of Natural History, and American Museum of Natural History. 1990. African Reflections : Art from Northeastern Zaire. Seattle: University of Washington Press, p. 223.

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