Gathering Knife
Unidentified Hutu maker
Traditional
Iron and wood
Overall: 17 × 1 13/16 in. (43.2 × 4.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ernst Anspach
180.27.25948
Geography
Place Made: Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Inscriptions
"A1432a"
Provenance
Ernst Anspach (1913-2002), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1980.
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