Sword
AF1099
From: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1099 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapoto |
| Provenience | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Executioners sword. Crescent shaped iron blade; woven fiber wrapped around base of blade; wooden handle; flat iron wire wrapped around top half of hilt; iron loop protrudes from base of pommel, piece of fiber is tied to this. |
| Length | 63.5 cm |
| Width | 5.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1511 - Other Number |
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