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Object Number: | AF1796B |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Basonge Baluba |
Provenience: | Zaire Kasai District Belgian Congo |
Section: | African |
Materials: | Copper Iron Wood |
Length: | 41.2 cm |
Width: | 26.5 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number: | 761 - Other Number |
Description
Two 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 on both sides of blade.
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