Parade knife "basakpwa", D. R. Congo, Yakoma / Ngbandi, Size: L: 36 cm (L: 14.2 inch), ID: 3045942

Parade knife "basakpwa", D. R. Congo, Yakoma / Ngbandi, Size: L: 36 cm (L: 14.2 inch), ID: 3045942 - 2/2

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Lot 390

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Parade knife "basakpwa" · D. R. Congo, Yakoma / Ngbandi · ID: 3045942

sold EUR 150

Provenance

Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany

Size

L: 36 cm

L: 14.2 inch

Description

iron, wood, copper alloy,

The object Parade knife “basakpwa” with the object ID 3045942 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 390 achieved a sales price of EUR 150.

Comparing literature

Lefebvre, Luc, Ngbandi, Yakoma, 2017, p. 73, ill. 129

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