Cult knife "bango", "bwagogambanza" · D. R. Congo, Lobala · ID: 3052917
Starting price
EUR 500
Estimated price
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Collection SchlossbergerLinden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany (1913)
T. Jericho (1942)
Manfred Ritter, Reutlingen, Germany
Size
H: 51 cm
H: 20.1 inch
Description
steel, wood, copper, handwritten inscriptions “Schlossberger” and “82755” , “Kongo Schlossberger”
The present ritual knife bearing the inventory number 082755 originates from the Schlossberger Collection (list no. 1223) and entered the holdings of the Linden Museum in 1913. It was transferred on 14 February 1942 to T. Jericho.
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Alexander Kubetz, Panga na visu, Riedlhütte 2009, p. 115, ill. 250