Sword
AF1091B
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1091B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bangala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood | Brass | Copper Alloy |
| Description | Executioners sword. Ornamentally incised iron blade; C-shaped top end; double crescent shaped protrusion at base; wooden handle; top part of handle is wrapped with a thin copper wire; double disc shaped protrusion body of handle, ornamented with brass tacks; iron loop protruding fro pommel, a iron link chain hangs from this. |
| Length | 60 cm |
| Width | 17.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1572 - Original Number | 1084 - Other Number |
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