Sword
AF1094
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1094 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapoto |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Iron |
| Description | Executioners sword. Crescent shaped iron blade, top part has a triagular shape, ornamentally incised with diamond shapes and notches; base of blade is wrapped with leather and copper; ten brass tacks decorate top of wooden handle; a thick copper wire and thin iron wire is coiled around handle; four brass tacks ornament base of hilt; iron loop protrudes from base, plant fiber and piece of leather is tied to this; a strip of leather hangs from the base of the blade-22cm in lengh. |
| Length | 70 cm |
| Width | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 750 - Original Number |
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