Sword
AF1152
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1152 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Metal |
| Description | Wooden handle, flat base with a protruding knob in the center; three raised rings around the body of handle; thin copper wire tield loosely around the handle; iron blade with a rectangular shaped neck and a leaf shaped head; incised blade. |
| Length | 53.5 cm |
| Width | 8.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 555 - Other Number |
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