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: "Baluba acc. to Ward Cat. Salampasu (A)* Kuba (B) Two of the blades are broad, blunt and unornamented. The others are straight sharp, two-edged pointed blades some with elaborate incised ornamentation along the median line. The scabbards are of wood fish-shaped. One is covered with leather and has a fringe. *see Huet et al, "Congo" (Brussels, 1958), pp. 32, 38, 39 where knives of this type are attributed to Salampasu. Cleaned, Restoration Record 1-23-64 (B) 8-6-64 (C) 1-23-64, (A)."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Luba
label: Culture
content: (Ba Luba)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 067312
label: USNM Number
content: E322723-3
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife