Knife, Blade, Handle

Kusu; or Tetela

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Caption

Kusu; or Tetela. Knife, Blade, Handle, late 19th or early 20th century. Iron, copper alloy, wood, 2 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (5.7 x 43.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.544. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Cultures

Kusu, or Tetela

Title

Knife, Blade, Handle

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Medium

Iron, copper alloy, wood

Classification

Arms and Armor

Dimensions

2 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (5.7 x 43.5 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund

Accession Number

22.544

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