Bird's head knife "musede" ·  Gabon, Kota · ID: 3037577

Description

metal, handle wrapped with brass wire, with conical pointed knob and thornlike appendage, blade with triangular drilling (“eye”), punched decor, min. dam., slight traces of usage and abrasion

The object Bird’s head knife “musede” with the object ID 3037577 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 400 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 185, ill. 341