Sword
AF1103
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1103 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bateke |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Iron | Brass |
| Description | Execution's sword. Iron blade, flared top end, ornamentally incised down the center; wooden handle, large round base; coiled with flat brass wire. |
| Length | 45 cm |
| Width | 16.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 592 - Original Number |
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