Zemanek-Münster

Rare adze with prominent trident head

Uganda, Acholi
sold EUR 350
Provenance
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, Germany
Size
L: 59,5 cm
L: 23.4 inch

Description

wood, iron, metal inlays (copper, zinc),
A comparable axe was collected by the Austrian ethnologist Rudolf Kmunke during his research trip through Uganda in 1911/12 at the Acholi (compare Zirngibl 1983, p. 140, Fig. 158).


Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 140, ill. 158 Westerdijk, P., African metal implements, weapons, tools and regalia, New York 1984, p. 47, ill. 217a

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