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Tin Sword

Artwork title: Tin Sword

Ceremonial sword with carved wood handle, dark brown, and embossed tin blade. Each side of symmetrical blade curves to form wide center and tapers into point. Vertical, slender tin piece runs down the center of blade. Each side of blade is embossed with an interwoven vine pattern which curves to follow the blade's contours and meets at top. The handle is encompassed by a spherical shape at its center and decorated with geometric patterns.

Kuba peoples

History
— Objects
15 1/2 x 4 in.
African
Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. John S. Ragland (Cherry) in memory of her parents The Reverend and Mrs. William T. Mulcay, Sr. who lived in the Belgian Congo for 18 years.
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