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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