Ceremonial hatchet · D. R. Congo, Yakoma · ID: 3043004
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Size
H: 32,5 cm
H: 12.8 inch
Description
handel made from forged iron, brass blade, ormanetal incisions, traces of corrosion.
There is surprisingly scant information available about these small axes, other than that they were ceremonial dance implements from the early 20th century, most likely the 1910s and 1920s.
The object Ceremonial hatchet with the object ID 3043004 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 484.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc Leo (ed.), Fatal Beauty, Brussels 2013, p. 63, ill. 65