Sword
AF1088
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1088 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Sango |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Executioner's sword. Wooden handle; tapering towards nine sided knob at base; base, tip of blade protrudes from center of the base of the handle, and is bent to one side; rectangular shaped iron blade; three grooves incised on blade; some grooves are ornamented with a row of x's and parallel slanted lines; small hole through the center base of blade. |
| Length | 50.5 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1574 - Other Number |
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