CongoThrowing knife from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. Collector not known. Purchased by the Museum from Stevens Auction Rooms in 1908.

This throwing knife is of the winged type and is an extremely functional weapon. It is thrown low and horizontal to the ground, spinning like a multi-armed and lethal boomerang.

Throwing knives of this form are found across much of Central and Sudanic Africa and particularly along the Ubangi River, a long tributary of the Congo, where this example was collected over 100 years ago.