Bird's head knife "musede" · Gabon, Kota · ID: 3041534
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Provenance
Félix Pelt, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
metal, handle wrapped with brass wire, thorn-like projection, blade with triangular recess (“eye”), punched decor, min. dam., slight traces of usage and abrasion
The object Bird’s head knife “musede” with the object ID 3041534 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 331.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Werner Fischer, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 185, ill. 341