Sword
AF1098
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1098 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapoto |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Executioners sword. Crescent shaped iron blade; blade is ornamentally incised; small mushroom shaped protrusion at base; wooden handle; iron loop protrudes from base, a piece of twisted fiber tied to this. |
| Length | 69 cm |
| Width | 8.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 747 - Original Number |
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