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Object Number
998-11-50/12823
Display Title
Sabre knife
Descriptions
Object Description
Sabre knife or "Beheading knife"; wooden handle wrapped with copper alloy strapping; wide, curved iron blade with blunt end; blade has narrow parallel lines at blunt end and hole approximately six inches from blunt end
Inventory Description
Sword, curved iron blade, perforated, brass wrapped wood grip
Classification
- Sword
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1892-1897 ca.
Culture
- Azande?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Materials
Iron, Wood, Copper alloy
Dimensions
Overall: 84.5 x 17.8 x 4.4 cm (33 1/4 x 7 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
998-11-50/12823
Credit Line
Thomas W. Adams, Class of 1953
Provenance
Collector
Rev. Thomas Adams
(1892-1897 ca.)
Donor
Thomas W. Adams, MD
(3/23/98)
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