Subject: mercenary warrior
Culture: tribal Congolese = Azande, Mongo, Ngombe, others
Setting: Belgian Congo late 19th-early 20thc
Object: curved swords =girafe, mambeli
Oriental Arms *
* International Museum of Cultures
"LONG KNIVES
'GIRAFE'
CAN BE GIVEN AS A PART OF A BRIDE WEALTH EXCHANGE"
* Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art > Weapons and Warriors: The Art of Armaments
"Congo Sword
metal, wood"
* Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Arts of War
"Mambeli (sword), Azande,
Democratic Republic of Congo"
