Sword
AF1099
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1099 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bapoto |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood | Fiber |
Description | Executioners sword. Crescent shaped iron blade; woven fiber wrapped around base of blade; wooden handle; flat iron wire wrapped around top half of hilt; iron loop protrudes from base of pommel, piece of fiber is tied to this. |
Length | 63.5 cm |
Width | 5.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 1511 - Other Number |
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