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1939.7.52.1

Sword [.1] with narrow straight blade, one half blackened on each side, with wooden hilt with burnt decoration. With wooden sheath [.2], with carved and burnt decoration in squares and lines, bound in four places with wire. [El.B 26/06/2007]


1939.7.52.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sword [.1] with narrow straight blade, one half blackened on each side, with wooden hilt with burnt decoration. With wooden sheath [.2], with carved and burnt decoration in squares and lines, bound in four places with wire. [El.B 26/06/2007]
Cultural groups
Rwanda
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Donated: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Forged (Metal), Process Carved, Process Incised, Process Bound, Process Pyroengraved Pokerwork
Dimensions
Length: max 580 mm, Length: max 505 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1939.7.52.1 Accession number: 1939.7.52.2

Search terms: Weapon, Sword, Sheath