KNIFE

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

KNIFE

Entry/Object ID

414/10419

Description

HANDLE/GEO DES ON BLADE

Collection

ETHNOGRAPHIC/AFRICA

Made/Created

Place

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Cameroon

Region

West Africa

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Kamerun

African

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Knife

Nomenclature Class

Multiple Use T&E for Materials

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Parts

Count

Material

Wood, STEEL

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Notes

The style of blade was created and used by the Fang people of Gabon/Cameroon/Equatorial Guinea. The cruciform handle (wood) bound with brass wire, the tanged blade, and the punched designs on the blade are all characteristic of Fang blades.