Sword
AF1098
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1098 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bapoto |
Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Wood |
Description | Executioners sword. Crescent shaped iron blade; blade is ornamentally incised; small mushroom shaped protrusion at base; wooden handle; iron loop protrudes from base, a piece of twisted fiber tied to this. |
Length | 69 cm |
Width | 8.2 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 747 - Original Number |
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