Knife · D. R. Congo, Ngbandi · ID: 3042945
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Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
metal alloy, wood, cooper wire, elaborate blade punched on both sides, partly open work design, parts of the wooden handle wrapped in copper wire, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion
The object Knife with the object ID 3042945 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 441.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Werner Fischer, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 83