Sword
42-30-553
From: Eastern Zaire | Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 42-30-553 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bangala |
Provenience | Eastern Zaire | Zaire |
Section | African |
Materials | Iron | Brass | Wood |
Description | Iron blade with recurved sides widening and dividing into two vertical inturned crescent blades. Medial band of narrow grooves; lines of short diagonal notches, two short shallow grooves, and cross-hatched lines on each face. Flat wooden grip wrapped with bronze strip except for a narrow band of basketry at the junction with the blade; grip terminates in two thick carinated discs surmounted by a facetted ball. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number | 386 - Collector Number | H-33 - Other Number |
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