Dagger knife with scabbard · D. R. Congo, Tetela (Sungu) / Kusu / Mpama · ID: 3048257
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.
The object Dagger knife with scabbard with the object ID 3048257 was part of the auction 97th Auction on November 6, 2021. The object with the lot number 357 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Werner Fischer, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 128, ill. 229