Sword
AF1134
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1134 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bateke |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Iron | Brass |
| Description | Iron blade, slight sickle shape; wooden handle, coiled with copper wire, base of handle is covered with brass sheeting and secured with brass tacks; base of sheeting bulges containing a type of material, which when handled, makes a rattling noise. |
| Length | 41 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 585 - Other Number |
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