Sword
AF1171
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1171 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Copper | Iron |
| Description | Iron blade, wooden handle; base is flared with a round flat top; handle is coiled with three different widths of copper wire; hole through end which leather handle is tied through; neck of blade has an oblong cut out in the center; head of blade is rectangular in shape, with a wide rounded end; blade is ornamented with raised etched design. |
| Length | 53.5 cm |
| Width | 14.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 524 - Original Number |
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