Sword
AF1168
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Bapoto Town
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1168 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapoto |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Bangala District | Bapoto Town |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron | Copper | Wood |
| Description | Iron blade, wide head, elongated open cast work at base of blade; wooden handle, strips of iron and copper coiled around the body of the handle; rounded pommel. |
| Length | 53.5 cm |
| Width | 13 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
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