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Mongo

Ceremonial Sword

Mongo, 1800

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Mongo

Ceremonial Sword

Mongo, 1800

Physical Qualities Iron, wood, copper alloy, 44.5 x 16.2 x 5.7 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida
Object Number 2002.700
Tulip-shaped blade with hourglass-shaped hilt wrapped in brass strips above and studded with brass tacks below.
Karen Milbourne, BMA, "Meditations on African Art: PATTERN," March 12-August 17, 2008

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