Anthropomorphic ceremonial axe · D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi · ID: 3050156
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanySize
L: 36 cm (shaft) / 19 cm (blade)
L: 14.2 inch (shaft) / 7.5 inch (blade)
Description
wood, metal, crack
Comparing literature
Lu, Henry & Marc L. Felix (ed.), Fatal Beauty, Traditional weapons from Central Africa, Hong Kong/ Brussels 2013, p.83, ill. 93