Sword
AF1138
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Bapoto Town
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1138 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapoto |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Bapoto Town |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Brass | Iron | Wood | Copper |
| Description | Iron blade, circular open cast at base; blade is ornamentally incised; wooden handle; top half is triangular in shape, parts wrapped with iron wire; brass wire is coiled around neck of handle; hole in handle below neck. |
| Length | 57.5 cm |
| Width | 11.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 679 - Original Number |
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