Ceremonial knife
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Richard D. Mohun
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department Of State
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "KNIFE WITH A VERY BROAD BLADE, FLAT POINT, AND TWO LATERAL PROJECTIONS AT THE FLAT POINT, AND WITH A SHORT HANDLE, WRAPPED WITH COPPER WIRE. IDENTICAL WITH ONE OF TWO "FLOUNDER-SHAPED" KNIVES ILLUSTRATED IN GEORGE GRENFELL AND THE CONGO, VOL. 2, FIG. 433, P. 774, AND ASCRIBED TO THE BAYANZI, A PEOPLE JUST SOUTH OF THE BABAI (ALSO CALLED THE TOLLO). THE LUKUGA RIVER IS WHOLLY INCORRECT FOR THIS AREA, AND DOUBTLESS FOUND ITS WAY TO THIS CARD FROM THE CATALOG BOOK WHERE THE INDISCRIMINATE USE OF DITTO MARKS CAUSED THE ERROR. BAI ACCEPTED AS PROPER ATTRIBUTION SINCE MOHUN CALLS IT "N'TOLO" - G.D.GIBSON. CLEANED, SEE RESTORATION RECORD. 1-22-64. (174,855)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Oct 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yanzi
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029024
label: USNM Number
content: E174855-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 24.6 cm
label: Width
content: 24 cm