- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Dagger with two edged, curved blade. With a copper wire bound wooden hilt with expanded butt. [SM 04/09/2007]
- Long description
- Dagger with two edged, curved blade. With a copper wire bound wooden hilt with expanded butt. The blade has two spurs above the tang and is decorated down the centre with a row of stamped dots. [SM 04/09/2007]
- Geographical reference
- Mongala River
- 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
- Dimensions
- Length: max 490 mm, Width: max 74 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1909.65.24
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