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Ceremonial sword / recade / sceptre "sokpo" or "aglokpo", before 1930, Republic of Benin (ex Dahomey), Fon, Size: L: 62,8 cm (L: 24.7 inch), ID: 3048280
Ceremonial sword / recade / sceptre "sokpo" or "aglokpo", before 1930, Republic of Benin (ex Dahomey), Fon, Size: L: 62,8 cm (L: 24.7 inch), ID: 3048280 - 2/5 Ceremonial sword / recade / sceptre "sokpo" or "aglokpo", before 1930, Republic of Benin (ex Dahomey), Fon, Size: L: 62,8 cm (L: 24.7 inch), ID: 3048280 - 3/5 Ceremonial sword / recade / sceptre "sokpo" or "aglokpo", before 1930, Republic of Benin (ex Dahomey), Fon, Size: L: 62,8 cm (L: 24.7 inch), ID: 3048280 - 4/5 Ceremonial sword / recade / sceptre "sokpo" or "aglokpo", before 1930, Republic of Benin (ex Dahomey), Fon, Size: L: 62,8 cm (L: 24.7 inch), ID: 3048280 - 5/5
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Lot 215
97th Auction

Ceremonial sword / recade / sceptre "sokpo" or "aglokpo", before 1930 ·  Republic of Benin (ex Dahomey), Fon · ID: 3048280

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Provenance
French Private Collection
Size
L: 62,8 cm
L: 24.7 inch

Description

wood, copper alloy, iron, missing part (top of the handle)

Very beautifully crafted blade with engravings and a symbolic scene (fish and vessel) cut into the broad, round curved end of the blade. For a formally and stylistically very similar example see AHDRC 0162689.

Africa

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