Dagger
AF1167
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Mubangi District
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1167 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Sango | Wagigi |
Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Mubangi District |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Copper | Wood |
Description | Iron blade extends from wooden handle; blade tapers to a point; a wide ridge runs down the center of each face of blade; wooden handle is flat, and is very wide ust below the blade, very narrow in the middle, wide pommel; entire handle is covered in a sheet of copper and copper wire. |
Length | 40.5 cm |
Width | 9.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
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