Knife · D. R. Congo, Ekonda · ID: 3040505
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Size
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, iron, bell-shaped blade with parallel incisions, rectangular wooden sheath, min. dam., crack, traces of insect caused damage, abrasion and corrosion
The object Knife with the object ID 3040505 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 389.
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Comparing literature
Tirri, Anthony C., Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa 1800 - 1960, Indiana 2007, p. 242