Dagger with two edged, curved blade decorated with stamped dots. With a copper wire bound wooden hilt with flared butt. [SM 04/09/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dagger with two edged, curved blade decorated with stamped dots. With a copper wire bound wooden hilt with flared butt. [SM 04/09/2007]
Long description: Dagger with two edged, curved blade decorated with stamped dots. With a copper wire bound wooden hilt with flared butt. The blade has two spurs at the base, just before the tang. A line of stamped dots runs down the centre of both surfaces. [SM 04/09/2007]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Mongala River
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Stevens Auction Rooms
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1909
Date collected: By 1909
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1909
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Copper Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Stamped, Process Notched, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Width: max 69 mm, Length: max 408 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.65.22

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