Dagger knife with scabbard
D. R. Congo, Tetela (Sungu) / Kusu / Mpama
sold
EUR 1,600
Provenance
“White Fathers” (“Pères Blancs”), actually “Society of the Missionaries of Africa”, Mission Museum, Altkirch, Alsace / France (now disbanded) )Size
L: 44 cm
L: 17.3 inch
Description
wood, steel, copper, brass, lizard skin,
A very similar knife illustrated in Zirngibl & Fischer, ill 229.
The knife scabbard originating from the Fang region.