Sword

AF1094

From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1094
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapoto
Provenience Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Section African
Materials Leather | Iron
Description

Executioners sword. Crescent shaped iron blade, top part has a triagular shape, ornamentally incised with diamond shapes and notches; base of blade is wrapped with leather and copper; ten brass tacks decorate top of wooden handle; a thick copper wire and thin iron wire is coiled around handle; four brass tacks ornament base of hilt; iron loop protrudes from base, plant fiber and piece of leather is tied to this; a strip of leather hangs from the base of the blade-22cm in lengh.

Length 70 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 750 - Original Number

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