Zemanek-Münster

Knife

Gabon, Fang
sold EUR 500
Provenance
Swedish Collection, Stockholm (2002)
Size
H: 61 cm
H: 24.0 inch

Description

t-shaped wooden handle, the upper part of the blade decorated with elaborate ornaments, 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.


Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 190, ill. 348

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