Sword
AF1037
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | AF1037 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ababua | Batetela | Bakusu |
Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
Section | African |
Materials | Plant Fiber | Iron | Brass | Copper |
Description | Long, flat wide iron blade; just below the handle, the blade is very wide but it becomes narrow a little over a quarter of the distance of the blade; blade then abruplty becomes wide again, tapers a bit; widen again, and then tapers to a rounded point; there are five grooves cut through the blade; two long grooves are side by side and run the length of the first part of the blade; three shorter grooves run along the central axis to the rest of the blade; one shorter groove is where the blade becomes abruptly wide, and the other two are in a row about halfway down; wooden handle; copper wire of various widths is wrapped around handle; at the base, fiber is wrapped over the copper. |
Length | 72.7 cm |
Width | 13.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number | 1390 - Original Number |
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