Ornamental knife · D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3035921
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Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
ivory handle, in shape of a long neck with four bulges, crowned by a narrow head with the characteristic deformation of the skull, the blade sharpened on both sides, dotted decor, rep. (breakage at the neck), slight traces of corrosion
The object Ornamental knife with the object ID 3035921 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 425.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 83, ill. 88 f.