Rare adze with prominent trident head
Uganda, Acholi
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, GermanySize
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).