Sword
AF1147
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1147 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Long iron blade extends from wooden handle; blade narrows in the middle and widens, and then tapers to a rounded point; there are several rows of nothches that run lengthwise, side-by-side just above the handle on both faces of the blade; small, circular indentation follow the contour of the blade on both faces of the blade; handle is sort of bow-tie in shape, with a knob sticking from its bottom end (end opposite the blade). |
| Length | 51 cm |
| Width | 6.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 545 - Other Number |
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