Zemanek-Münster

Mixed lot of weapons

D. R. Congo
sold EUR 5,800
Provenance
Charles Courtin (✝ 1954), Antwerp, Belgium

Description

37 objects,

a) and b) Songye, Nsapo, two pruning axes “kilonda” or “kasuyu” with openwork blade and forged decoration, wood, iron, copper sheet, l/w 36.5 cm/25 cm (shaft/blade); l/w: 39 cm/21 cm (shaft/blade);
c) Songye, tetela, axe, wood, copper sheet, l/w: 31 cm/15 cm;
d) Cuba, knife “ikul”, wood, steel, l: 36 cm;
e) Salampasu / Lwalwa, sword knife in leather-covered wooden sheath, l: 63 cm;
f) Ngombe, sword knife, wood, copper wire, steel, l: 42.5 cm;
g) Tetela, sword knife, wood, steel, l: 40 cm;
h) Tetela / Kusu, four dagger knives, wood, metal, l: 36-41 cm;
also fourteen arrows, one axe, two knives, one lance, one metal spearhead;

Comes with: comb (l: 19 cm), wooden cuff (h: 7 cm), animal claw amulet (w: 7.5 cm), two animal horns (l: 9 cm - 17 cm), magic object (l: 19 cm)


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