Knife with sheath · Gabon, Fang · ID: 3043547

Name: Knife with sheath
SKU: 3043547
Price: 2000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 2,000

Provenance

Steven Alpert, Dallas, USA

Size

H: 55 cm

H: 21.7 inch

Description

wood, iron, reptile skin, min. dam., slight traces of usage and corrosion, base.
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

Publications

AHDRC: 0150588

Africa

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