Sword
42-30-626
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 42-30-626 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood | Brass |
| Description | Iron blade: sides nearly parallel for 2/3 length, then widening to convex end; all edges dull. Medial ridge putting the two halves of the blade on slightly different planes. Impressed and incised decoration on both faces in chevrons, straight lines, partly hatched rectangles, etc. Tang inserted in wooden grip, oval at junction with blade, then cylindrical, with small knob through large disc end. Star and circle decoration on under side of disc; brass band around blade end of grip. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number | 569 - Collector Number |
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