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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1936.276 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name knife, throwing knife, pingha Description Throwing knife or 'pingha' of the Azande or Fang people with three blades. The main shaft is slightly lash-curved, with a single sharp edge on the concave side, and ends in a triangular double-edged blade. At right angles to this sits another curved double-edged blade. At the base of the main shaft sits a curved, double-edged spur. The knife has no hilt, and the tang is roughened with notches. Production place Central Area, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1936.276
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

knife, throwing knife, pingha
Description

Throwing knife or 'pingha' of the Azande or Fang people with three blades. The main shaft is slightly lash-curved, with a single sharp edge on the concave side, and ends in a triangular double-edged blade. At right angles to this sits another curved double-edged blade. At the base of the main shaft sits a curved, double-edged spur. The knife has no hilt, and the tang is roughened with notches.
Production place

Central Area, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa

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