Axe · D. R. Congo, Lele · ID: 3042203
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Provenance
Peter Pollack, New York, USA (1960’s)Size
H: 35 cm
H: 13.8 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, iron, the top of the shaft carved with anthropomorphic face and spherical coiffure, the blade emerging from the mouth, handwritten collection number “P31” at the handle, min. dam., traces of corrosion, small missing parts, fine cracks
The object Axe with the object ID 3042203 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 420.
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