Knife · Gabon, Fang · ID: 3035401
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Provenance
Old French Colonial CollectionSize
L: 53 cm
L: 20.9 inch
Description
metal, wire, wood, t-shaped wooden handle, the upper part of the blade decorated with elaborate ornaments, the wooden sheath covered with reptile skin, min. dam., slight traces of usage and corrosion;
the knives of the Fang tribes are distinguished by their beauty and refined designs which, however, do not camouflage their functionality.
The object Knife with the object ID 3035401 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 308.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 190, ill. 348