Sword
AF1209A
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1209A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Brass | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Iron sword; blade ornamentally perforated, two rows down the center; wooden handle; leather bound handle with coiled brass wire; six brass tacks ornament handle; bulbous segmented iron work near rim of handle; conical shape iron object is attached to end of handle. |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 673 - Other Number |
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