Cult knife · D. R. Congo, Ekonda · ID: 3041889
sold
EUR 370
Size
H: 44,5 cm
H: 17.5 inch
Description
thin sheet material, wooden handle, min. dam., sligth traces of abrasion;
the cult knives of the Ekonda are overdone and remodelled into purely ornamental designs.
The object Cult knife with the object ID 3041889 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 366 achieved a sales price of EUR 370.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Werner Fischer, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 171, ill. 310