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Anthropomorphic ceremonial axe, D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi, Size: L: 36 cm (shaft) / 19 cm (blade) (L: 14.2 inch (shaft) / 7.5 inch (blade)), ID: 3050156
Anthropomorphic ceremonial axe, D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi, Size: L: 36 cm (shaft) / 19 cm (blade) (L: 14.2 inch (shaft) / 7.5 inch (blade)), ID: 3050156 - 2/4 Anthropomorphic ceremonial axe, D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi, Size: L: 36 cm (shaft) / 19 cm (blade) (L: 14.2 inch (shaft) / 7.5 inch (blade)), ID: 3050156 - 3/4 Anthropomorphic ceremonial axe, D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi, Size: L: 36 cm (shaft) / 19 cm (blade) (L: 14.2 inch (shaft) / 7.5 inch (blade)), ID: 3050156 - 4/4
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Lot 81
101st Auction

Anthropomorphic ceremonial axe ·  D. R. Congo, Luba-Shankadi · ID: 3050156

sold EUR 900
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
Size
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

Africa

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