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Title	Ceremonial knife
Date	circa 1951-1971
Material Type	Cutting tools Ceremonial knives
Description	Ceremonial knife used in a wedding exchange; curved metal blade with three holes, wooden handle with decorative metal wrap near the blade; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Mangbetu people.
Dimensions	Length: 34.5 cm.
Subject	Mangbetu (African people)
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Congo (Democratic Republic)
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.047
Holding Institution	Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
Digital Collection	Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
Rights	Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
Media Type	Objects

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