Sword
AF1101
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1101 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bateke |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Brass | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Execution's sword. Iron blade, flared top end, two wide vertical rows found in the center of both the front and back of blade; wooden handle; protruding iron loop from base; eleven link brass chain through loop. |
| Length | 42 cm |
| Width | 15 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 517 - Original Number |
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