Ritual knife "lipei", D. R. Congo, Teke / Bembe / Hungaan, Size: L: 43 cm (L: 16.9 inch), ID: 3045941

Ritual knife "lipei", D. R. Congo, Teke / Bembe / Hungaan, Size: L: 43 cm (L: 16.9 inch), ID: 3045941 - 2/3

Ritual knife "lipei", D. R. Congo, Teke / Bembe / Hungaan, Size: L: 43 cm (L: 16.9 inch), ID: 3045941 - 3/3

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Lot 387

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Ritual knife "lipei" · D. R. Congo, Teke / Bembe / Hungaan · ID: 3045941

sold EUR 220

Provenance

Hubert Pettenkofer, Passau, Germany

Size

L: 43 cm

L: 16.9 inch

Description

steel, wood, brass sheet,

Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Alexander Kubetz, Panga na visu, Riedlhütte 2009, p. 186, ill. 439

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