Ornamental knife · D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3034852
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.