Ammunition Case

AF1764

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1764
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Badjok
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Leather | Iron | Stone
Description

Ammunition bag. Dark brown leather with coarse hair (evident on parts of piece). A leather strap is wrapped 3.5 times around body of bag. At the end of strap there is a metal buckle. Possibly this worn around the waist. Bag contains iron and stone bullets.

Height 7.2 cm
Length 14 cm
Width 5.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 405 - Other Number

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