Sword

AF1144

From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Aruwimi District

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1144
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Balolo (Bantu culture)
Provenience Zaire | Belgian Congo | Aruwimi District
Section African
Materials Iron | Copper | Wood
Description

Long iron blade with wooden handle; blade is narrow just above the handle, then quickly widens; blade then tapers to a sharp point; edges of blade are serated for a few centimeters above the handle; wooden handle is wide at end opposite the blade, is narrow in the middle, then widens where it is closest to the blade; copper is wrapped around part of handle closest to blade; a ridge runs down the center of each face of the blade; two othe ridges on each face which follow the contour of the blade edges and are symmetric around the central ridge.

Length 42.9 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 577 - Other Number

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