Zemanek-Münster

Ornamental knife

D. R. Congo, Mangbetu
sold EUR 800
Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch

Description

ivory handle, in shape of an anthropomorphic head with tribe-typical deformation of the skull, rising from a long neck with three bulges, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion


Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 83, ill. 88 f.

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