Cult knife "bango", "bwagogambanza" · D. R. Congo, Lobala · ID: 3052917
Price
EUR 500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
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.
The object Cult knife “bango”, “bwagogambanza” with the object ID 3052917 was part of the auction Auction 106 on April 25, 2026, lot number 204 at that time and is currently available for EUR 500 in Open sale.
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Alexander Kubetz, Panga na visu, Riedlhütte 2009, p. 115, ill. 250