Knife (Trumbash)

Mangbetu

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Mangbetu. Knife (Trumbash), late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, iron, metal wire, 3 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (9.5 x 41.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.462. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Mangbetu

Title

Knife (Trumbash)

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Medium

Wood, iron, metal wire

Classification

Arms and Armor

Dimensions

3 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. (9.5 x 41.9 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund

Accession Number

22.462

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