Ceremonial sword / recade / sceptre "sokpo" or "aglokpo", before 1930
Republic of Benin (ex Dahomey), Fon
not available anymore
Provenance
French Private CollectionSize
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.