Prestige axe "manzhi" · Cameroon, Kapsiki · ID: 3033683

Name: Prestige axe "manzhi"
SKU: 3033683
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

H: 41 cm

H: 16.1 inch

Description

brass, axe blade with beak-like projection, decorated with plaited band - and circle ornaments, slight traces of corrosion, minor missing parts

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 30

1/6
Cameroon, Tikar: Prestige stool, before 1929
sold EUR 3,500
1/2
Cameroon, Bana, Kapsiki, Fali, Kirdi: Status weapon and dance axe "manzhi"
1/5
Cameroon, Bali: Superb prestige pipe bowl
sold EUR 2,500
1/3
Cameroon (North) / East Nigeria, Matakam, Mineo, Guduf, Mofu, Lamang, Zulgo: Throwing iron and prestige object "hunga munga", "senghese" or "zezen"
sold EUR 250
1/5
Central African Republic / Cameroon, Gbaya: Throwing knife and prestige object "za", before 1898
sold EUR 1,000
1/6
Tanzania, Luguru: Cult and prestige axe with split blade
sold EUR 260
1/4
Tanzania, Luguru: Cult and prestige axe, before 1914
EUR 450
1/5
Nigeria, Igbo: Dance emblem for show and prestige purposes
EUR 1,500
D. R. Congo, Chokwe: Figural carved prestige staff
sold EUR 200
1/4
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke: Large prestige stool
1/6
D. R. Congo, Songye: Large prestige stool with janus-shaped caryatid figures
1/6
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke: Large prestige stool with leopard
sold EUR 2,500
1/6
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke: Notables prestige pipe bowl
1/5
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamum: Prestige Bowl
sold EUR 330
1/4
D. R. Congo, Songye: Prestige adze "kilonda"
sold EUR 250

Join over 10,000 tribal art collectors. Don't miss out on upcoming news and auctions.