Sword
AF1217A
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1217A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka | Baluba | Kanioka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Iron, oblong shaped blade; perforated ornamentation down the center of both the front and back; wooden handle, handle is covered with leather, and a thin twisted iron wire coiled it; brass tack; iron basket like oramentation at base of handle; metal prongs protrudes above this; conical shape iron pieces attached to base of the handle. |
| Length | 66 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 673 - Original Number |
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