Sword

AF1142

From: Zaire | Bapoto Town | Belgian Congo | Bangala District

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1142
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bapoto
Provenience Zaire | Bapoto Town | Belgian Congo | Bangala District
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood | Cane (plant)
Description

Iron blade, circular open cast on lower half; strip of iron coiled and molded to top left side of open cast work; seven small round copper inlays found on top half of blade; ornamentallly incised; decoratively carved(carvings resemble a face); Y shaped wooden handle; flat plant fiber strip wrapped around neck of handle;

Length 50 cm
Width 10.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 1519 - Field No SF

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