Axe · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3033595
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Provenance
Anton Eckert, Munich, GermanySize
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch
Description
iron, metal sheet, wood, blade in openwork design, each side decorated with an anthropomorphic face, the shaft covered with copper sheet, min. dam., traces of corrosion;
these axes represent an absolute high light in Songe craftsmanship.
The blade is thus supported on an almost baroque-like iron work creating, despite its weight, a graceful impression.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner, Zirngibl, Manfred A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 163, ill. 294