Knife · Nigeria, Tiv · ID: 3035679
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Provenance
collected in situ (1971)Size
H: 47,5 cm
H: 18.7 inch
Description
brass, iron, elaborate handle, crowned by two small human figures, sheath with delicately punched ornaments and leather tassels, min. dam., small missing parts (sheath), traces of corrosion (blade)
The object Knife with the object ID 3035679 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 474.
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Comparing literature
Yale Archive No. 0041991 (comparable object)