Knife with janus faced "kifwebe" - mask

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Description

wood, iron,

These knives belong to the context of the “bwadi bwa kifwebe” society.

The masks are completely covered with grooves and their features exaggerated into the manic.

For a knife with an almost identically designed distinctive mask face see AHDRC 0042300. Another one illustrated in Mestach,1985, p. 96, fig. 16.

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Comparing literature

Mestach, Jean Willy, Songye Studien, München 1985, p. 96, fig. 16

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