Subject: mercenary warrior
Culture: tribal Congolese = Azande, Mongo, Ngombe, others
Setting: Belgian Congo late 19th-early 20thc
Object: dagger
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Translating Encounters -- Travel and Transformation in the early 17th Century *
"KNIFE WITH CARVED HANDLE ... Steel, wood Late 19th-early 20th century
African peoples from the Congo region represented themselves differently than the way they were depicted by Europeans.
The detail of the carved head conveys a sense of individuality with its hairstyle and expressive face.
Tattoos are suggested by the decorative incising and staining."
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