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"Executioner's Sword"/Currency, Kuba People, DRC

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"Executioner's Sword"/Currency, Kuba People, DRC

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"Executioner's Sword"/Currency, Kuba People, DRC: 25.5"; currency in the form of a ceremonial knife (an "executioner's sword"); iron with wood handle; vertical section of metal has incised lines; mounted; late 19th/early 20th century. 25.5", 65 cm (ht).