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AF1803E

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1803E
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Balolo (Bantu culture)
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Copper | Feathers | Wood | Metal
Description

Cylindrical shaft; top end is blackened; two hooks on base of iron arrow head; wide copper wire wrapped eleven times around the neck of shaft; part of one feather remaining at the top end.

Length 64 cm
Width 1.6 cm
Outside Diameter 0.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 5 - Other Number

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