Cult knife · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3039052

Name: Cult knife
SKU: 3039052
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

L: 25,5 cm

L: 10.0 inch

Description

light brown wood, blackened in parts, short blade, handle in form of a male “kifwebe” mask, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion and corrosion

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 168, ill. 303

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