Four knives · D. R. Congo, Azande · ID: 3040419
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Provenance
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, GermanyGünter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
Size
L: 43,5 cm - 46,5 cm
L: 17.1 inch - 18.3 inch
Description
metal, wood, wooden handles, two of them wrapped in copper wire, punched blades, one of them with four piercings, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of usage and corrosion
The object Four knives with the object ID 3040419 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 365.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 62 f.