Ceremonial sword · Cameroon, Tikar · ID: 3038939
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Provenance
Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, FranceSize
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
The object Ceremonial sword with the object ID 3038939 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 386.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 34 f.