Dagger (or short sword). Leaf-shaped iron blade set into wood handle, which is wrapped with copper sheeting and coils. Length 48 centimeters. Said to be ceremonial dagger.
Donor:
Ronald Grimes
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Basaka people; central basin of Zaire; collected from Pygmy but not made by them
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama