Sword
AF1173
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1173 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Plant Fiber | Leather | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Iron blade with an oblong shaped neck with an oblong cutout in the center; head of blade is rectangular with a wide rounded end; incised blade; wooden handle wrapped with a thin stip of iron; base of handle is of a pommel of hide; hide is secured by twisted fiber. See AF1171, AF1172 |
| Length | 52 cm |
| Width | 11.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 527 - Original Number |
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