About the Artwork
Knife
19th/20th century
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African
Kongo
Iron, copper and wood
20 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 1 5/8 in. (52.07 x 22.23 x 4.1 cm)
Arms and Armor
African Art
Founders Society Purchase,Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford,II Fund and Honorarium and Memorial Gifts Fund
69.459
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Kan, M., DETROIT COLLECTS AFRICAN ART, DIA, April 21-May 1977, no 166 (ill).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Kongo, African, Knife, 19th/20th century, Iron, copper and wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase,Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buhl Ford,II Fund and Honorarium and Memorial Gifts Fund, 69.459.
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