Cult knife · D. R. Congo, Songye · ID: 3039052
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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
The object Cult knife with the object ID 3039052 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 482.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 168, ill. 303