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American Museum Congo Expedition (1909-1915)
Asset ID
ptc-3979
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)
City Town
Rungu
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Is Part Of
African reflections : art from northeastern Zaire
,
Division of Anthropology, African Ethnographic Collection
Department Catalog Number(s)
90.1/2845
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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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