Sword
AF1055A
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1055A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood | Copper |
| Description | Goribi, war knife of the eastern tribes. Iron blade; wooden handle, Y shaped top end; cylindrical body; bulbous protrusion at lower end, three brass tacks ornament handle, thin copper wire wrapped around base, rings incised around the top end and center of handle. |
| Length | 40 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1070 - Other Number |
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