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title: Royal Sceptre, Kingdom of Kongo
author: Ji-Elle
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10518/royal-sceptre-kingdom-of-kongo/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Royal Sceptre, Kingdom of Kongo
_Authored by Ji-Elle_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10518.jpg)
## Image Caption
A [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) sceptre used by the kings of the [Kingdom of Kongo](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kingdom_of_Kongo/) (14-19th century CE). 17th century CE (?). (Royal Museum of Central [Africa](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/africa/), Brussels, Belgium)
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pommeau_de_canne_de_chef-Kongo-Mus%C3%A9e_royal_de_l%27Afrique_centrale.jpg) by [**Ji-Elle**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pommeau_de_canne_de_chef-Kongo-Mus%C3%A9e_royal_de_l%27Afrique_centrale.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 30 April 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.