Copper Inlaid Knife
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Oct 1921
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Herbert Ward
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Sarita S. Ward
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Manyema acc. to Ward Cat. Kusu,* A beautifully made and ornamented specimen. The blade is broad almost spade shaped, pointed and two-edged and with a square hilt. The ornamentation consists of feeble ridges and depressions parallel to the edges of the blade, and intertwined and diamond shaped, incisions and copper inlay. Handle wrapped with copper and copper studs. Cleaned, see Restoration Record 1-22-64 *ref.: Wissmann, Hermann v. "Unter Deutscher Flagge", (Berlin, 1902) p. 170 (opp.) "Wakussu""
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Apr 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: Kusu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 067312
label: USNM Number
content: E322725-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife