Club "knobkerrie" · South Africa, Zulu · ID: 3033258
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Peter Miller, Cape Town, South AfricaUdo Horstmann, Zug, Switzerland
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (ca. 1980)
Size
L: 104 cm
L: 40.9 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, round shaft, carved with three stylized snakes, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of usage;
the South African club or “knobkerrie” is a symbol for the Zulu. It was an effective weapon made from hard wood (teak) as long as there were no guns available.
The object Club “knobkerrie” with the object ID 3033258 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 182 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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