Sword

AF1140

From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Bapoto Town

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1140
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapoto
Provenience Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Bapoto Town
Section African
Materials Leather | Iron | Copper | Iron
Description

Iron blade; blade is ornamentally incised, open cast slits in lower part of blade; T shaped wooden handle; flat copper wire coiled around the upper portion of handle; pummel covered in a ball of animal skin.

Length 57.5 cm
Width 12 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1517 - Original Number

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