Sword
AF1100
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1100 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bangala |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Executioner's sword; Iron blade, rectangular body, end splits into two curved points; indentation in body of blade(front and back), outlining shape of blade; wooden handle; round base. |
| Length | 42.5 cm |
| Width | 18.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1221 - Original Number |
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