Ceremonial Sword
AF5072
Location: On Display in the Africa Galleries
From: Nigeria | Benin Kingdom
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF5072 |
| Current Location | Africa Galleries - On Display |
| Culture | Edo (Africa) |
| Provenience | Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
| Date Made | 19th century CE |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Brass | Copper Alloy |
| Description | Ceremonial sword (Eben). Leaf-shaped blade with thin hilt. Holes throughout blade form decoration. Hilt is a single bar ending in in center of spiral loop. |
| Height | 7.3 cm |
| Length | 57.7 cm |
| Width | 12.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1921 |
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