Sword
AF1139
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Bapoto Town
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1139 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapoto |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Bapoto Town |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber | Iron | Brass | Wood |
| Description | Iron blade; ornamentally incised, open cast work on lower part of blade; T shaped wooden handle; handle is covered with brass, secured with iron tacks; twisted fiber around the base |
| Length | 54 cm |
| Width | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 680 - Original Number |
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