Sword

AF1171

From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1171
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Section African
Materials Wood | Copper | Iron
Description

Iron blade, wooden handle; base is flared with a round flat top; handle is coiled with three different widths of copper wire; hole through end which leather handle is tied through; neck of blade has an oblong cut out in the center; head of blade is rectangular in shape, with a wide rounded end; blade is ornamented with raised etched design.

Length 53.5 cm
Width 14.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 524 - Original Number

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