Sword with short, two edged blade with stamped decoration and reptile skin bound wooden hilt with tapering iron pommel. [SM 25/10/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Sword with short, two edged blade with stamped decoration and reptile skin bound wooden hilt with tapering iron pommel. [SM 25/10/2007]
Long description: Sword with short, two edged blade with stamped decoration and reptile skin bound wooden hilt with tapering iron pommel. The blade is decorated on both surfaces with stamped zigzags and has two diamond shapes formed from stamped 'dashes' on the back of the blade. The hilt has a flared guard and is covered with reptile skin that is stitched together up the back with ?plant fibre string. Below the pommel is a 'basket' of iron wire. The pommel is a tapering cylinder of iron. [SM 25/10/2007]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of
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 Reptile Skin, Material Metal Wire, Material Plant Fibre, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Bound, Process Stamped, Process Stitched, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Length: max 634 mm, Width: max 65 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.65.27

Search terms: Weapon, Tool, Sword

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