Sword
AF1112
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1112 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mangbetu |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Wooden hilt; ends flared; iron blade; open slit in neck of blade; elongated, rounded sides tapering to a point; eleven grooves are incised on opposites sides of both the front and back of blade. |
| Length | 59 cm |
| Width | 6.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 569 - Other Number |
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