knives, ceremonial object, status, ceremonial

Knife with leaf like blade and short, thick handle.
Knife with beaten and incised leaf-like blade, with linear relief pattern on blade. Wooden handle inlaid with intricate pattern in metal. Original classification: "A: Knives, swords, spears, spear throwers"

Congo, Democratic Republic of

metal (material), wood

carved, forged (metal), inlaid, beaten, incised

LDUEC-A.0009

UCL Ethnographic Collections