Cult knife with janus-headed handle · Nigeria, Urhobo, Idoma · ID: 3051630
sold
EUR 750
Provenance
Wolfgang Klein (Galerie Sonnenfels), Vienna, AustriaKurt Rauner, Salzburg, Austria (1999)
Size
L: 76,5 cm
L: 30.1 inch
Description
iron, wood, white chalk,
An almost identical ceremonial knife published by Zirngibl & Kubetz in “panga na visu”, 2009, p. 51, fig. 88.
The knife from the Kurt Rauner collection is cited here as further evidence of this type of knife (p. 275).
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Alexander Kubetz, "panga na visu", Riedlhütte 2009