Sword
AF1792
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1792 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Executioner's sword. Sickle shaped blade, head of blade has a rectangular shape, hole in left side corner, rounded tip, crescent shaped protrusion at base of blade; wooden handle, vertical grooves on top part of handle, piece of twisted fiber is tied to an iron piece on base of handle; strip of leather tied to base of handle. |
| Length | 78.5 cm |
| Width | 4.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 753 - Other Number |
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