Sheath
AF1119B
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Aruwimi District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1119B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lokele |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Aruwimi District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Hide | Copper | Wood |
| Description | Sheath is made of hide, possibly rhino hide, which is stiched together over a wooden frame; sheath is rectangular in shape; copper wire is wrapped around the top two corners; copper is also wrapped around the bottom of the sheath where the copper wire is threaded through the hide of the sheath on one side of the bottom of the sheath; a strap made of hide is attached to the sheath on one side of the sheath; one end of the strap is attached near the top while the other is attached in the middle area. |
| Length | 42 cm |
| Width | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1050 - Other Number |
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