Zemanek-Münster

Knife with sheath ·  Gabon, Fang · ID: 3034414

sold EUR 600
Provenance
Sotheby’s London, 27 June 1994, lot 327
Size
L: 54,5 cm
L: 21.5 inch

Description

t-shaped wooden handle, the upper part of the blade decorated with elaborate ornaments, the 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, Zirngibl, Manfred A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 190, ill. 348


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