Sword
AF1150
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1150 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Long iron blade with short wooden handle; blade gradually narrows then gradually widens to its widest point just below the point then narrows to a sharp point; there are three lines which run the length of the blade; a central line on both faces of blade is composed of small circular indentations; about halfway up the lengthof the blade two lines composed of small circular indentations branch off of either side of central line and then converge with it just below the point; bottom of handle has a knob sticking from it. |
| Length | 50.7 cm |
| Width | 8.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 551 - Other Number |
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