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AF1796A
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1796A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Basonge | Baluba |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Copper | Iron | Wood |
Description | Cermonial. Two human heads in relief on blade. Wooden handle has a wide base; above the wide base, the handle is slender, but widens and becomes bulbous at the top by the iron blade; wooden handle is sheathed in copper; except for a small portion in the center of the handle's length; blade is heavy and bulky; blade is narrow by the handle, but widens to a wide, arched striking edge; there are spikes at the terminal ends of the arched edge; blade is very thick and very ornamented with a human head in relief of blade. |
Length | 41.2 cm |
Width | 26.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 761 - Other Number |
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