Sword
AF1096
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1096 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapoto |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Plant Fiber | Leather | Iron | Brass |
| Description | Executioners sword. Crescent shaped iron blade, ornamentally incised; base of blade is bound with leather; iron wire coiled around wooden handle; brass tacks decorate base of handle; strip of red cloth is found tied around base of blade and also found tied around the handle; leather and a type of plant fiber is tied to the base of the handle. |
| Length | 71.5 cm |
| Width | 7.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 745 - Other Number |
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