Zemanek-Münster

Ceremonial sword

Cameroon, Tikar
not available anymore
Provenance
Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, France
Size
H: 87 cm
H: 34.3 inch

Description

broad wooden sheath, stretched with fabric, resp. sackcloth, blade chased on both sides, hour glass-shaped metal hilt, rough-textured coloured cotton cloth in four strings for support, min. dam., slight traces of usage and corrosion


Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 34 f.

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