Collector:

Mr. Herbert Ward  Search this

Donor Name:

Mrs. Sarita S. Ward  Search this

Culture:

Luba  Search this

Object Type:

Knife

Place:

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

Accession Date:

24 Oct 1921

Notes:

From card: "(Pomo & Boumali)* (Congo-Braz.)* Small leaf shaped blades with rather long slender handles, wrapped usually in brass wire or copper strips. Two of them have sheaths - one of alligator skin, one of wood wrapped with brass. One has a cone shaped brass pommel. *Similar to the "mapoula" of the Pomo and Boumali tribes of the middle Sanga River in Congo, Braz. See G. Breul, "Les. Pop. de la M. Sanga" in Rev. d'Et [crossed out] et de Sociol. Paris, 1910. Vol. 1, p. 30, fig. 50. -G.D.G."

Record Last Modified:

2 Apr 2021

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

067312

USNM Number:

E322684-8

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/302b9039d-8d6b-4541-88e3-61ce963d5040

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8546327