The knife blade suggests otherwise, but this is not a weapon with a decorative, anthropomorphic handle. It is probably a very unusual variant of a type of figurine that was used in the bwanga bwa Cibola fertility cult. Certain amulets associated with this cult were monoxyle figurines (produced from one piece of wood) in the form of a female bust that ended in a wooden point. Here, this point has been replaced by a blade.