Teardrop Knife

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Photo by John Bentham.
Teardrop Knife
Photo by John Bentham.
Datedate unknown
MediumIron, wood
DimensionsOverall: 11 × 2 1/2 × 7/8 in. (27.9 × 6.4 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.53
On view
DescriptionTeardrop shaped knife, possibly from the Congo Region.

Additional Details

Inscribed Separate tag labeled "3"
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Iron
Object number: 2023.10.42
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Forged metal, likely bronze or iron
Object number: 2023.10.38a-b
Metal spear
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Metal (iron?), wood
Object number: S2023.2.9
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: before 1860
Medium: Iron, wood, twine
Object number: 2023.10.39a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, brass, wood, rawhide, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.33a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, wood, rawhide, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.34a-b
Photo by John Bentham.
Unknown artist, Moro
Date: 1870-1915
Medium: Iron, wood, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.40a-b
Wood and metal arrow
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Bamboo, iron, and twine
Object number: S2023.2.3
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: 18th century
Medium: Iron, brass
Object number: 2023.10.35
Club
Unknown artist
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood
Object number: S2023.2.18
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, woven grass
Object number: 2023.10.27
Photo by John Bentham.
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron, wood, copper alloy
Object number: 2023.10.52