Zemanek-Münster

Cult axe ·  Nigeria, Tiv · ID: 3041212

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Provenance
Swedish Collection
Size
H: 48 cm
H: 18.9 inch

Description

iron, bronze, long blade emerging from a head with high forehead comb, big disc-shaped ears and “hook” nose, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion


The object Cult axe with the object ID 3041212 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 276.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 15, ill. 6


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