Defense Sword
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Reference: ARM-36
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- Height
- 36 cm
- Material
- Iron, wood and copper.
Sword of defense with handle in the form of elongated diabolus, in wood covered with copper grudo thread. Leaf slightly flung at the exit of the…
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Sword of defense with handle in the form of elongated diabolus, in wood covered with copper grudo thread. Leaf slightly flung at the exit of the handle which is progressively narrowing to the last third of its length where it widens to double the narrowest area, rounding the angles and the base strongly. The blade has three contiguous holes on one side of the bottom.
Further technical information
- Width
- 8 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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