Articles of daily use and weapons ·  South Africa · ID: 3036234

Description

seven pieces, a) ladle, light wood, incised geometrical ornaments in light and dark brown, pokerwork, l: 38 cm; b) tapper for barkcloth, traces of usage (beating area with some chips), l: 36 cm; c) small knife in wooden sheath, decorated with plaited bands of elephant hair, minor missing parts (handle and tip of the sheath), l: 21 cm; g) miniature bow and four poison arrows in leather sheath, bushman, h: 16,5 cm (bow), l: 11 cm (arrows), the latter made of grass blades with tiny iron tips; e) charms, four pieces attached to plant fibre cord, Tanzania, l: ca. 7 cm; f) flywhisk with beaded handle, grass fibre, nassa shells, l: 34 cm; g) axe, simple wooden shaft, mortized metal blade, with traces of corrosion, l: 51 cm