Ritual knife "wanshipta" · Nigeria, Ga'anda · ID: 3041701
sold
EUR 250
Size
H: 56,5 cm
H: 22.2 inch
Description
iron, small traces of corrosion;
the iron spikes reminding of a horses mane. According to Evers they were carried on the shoulders of male relatives during pre-burial rituals.
The object Ritual knife “wanshipta” with the object ID 3041701 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 257 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Alexander Kubetz, Panga na visu, Riedlhütte 2009, p. 73, ill. 139