Sword
AF1095
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1095 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bapoto |
Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
Section | African |
Materials | Copper | Leather | Iron | Reptile Skin |
Description | Executioners sword. Crescent shaped iron blade, top part has a triangular shape, ornamentally incised with diamond shapes and notches; base of blade is wrapped with reptile skin and copper; copper wire is coiled around wooden handle; twisted copper rings is found around base of handle; iron loop protrudes from the center of the base; strip of leather, one end tied to iron loop, other end is knotted, through reptile skin on base of handle-forming a handle. |
Length | 69 cm |
Width | 7.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 751 - Original Number |
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