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Description: | Sword from Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire. The sword has a leaf-shaped blade made from iron, with a triangle of decoration on the blade and where the blade meets the hilt. The hilt is formed gold-coloured copper alloy that is in the form of raised bands. Mid way along the hilt is a wooden disk for the guard.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1978.125
caption: Detail view of blade of Horniman Museum object no 1978.125
caption: Detail view of hilt of Horniman Museum object no 1978.125 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood swords (weapons: edged) iron War- and Peace-making copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-141156 | Go to resource |
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