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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