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AF1138

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

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1138
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapoto
Provenience Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Bapoto Town
Section African
Materials Brass | Iron | Wood | Copper
Description

Iron blade, circular open cast at base; blade is ornamentally incised; wooden handle; top half is triangular in shape, parts wrapped with iron wire; brass wire is coiled around neck of handle; hole in handle below neck.

Length 57.5 cm
Width 11.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 679 - Original Number

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