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.
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Alexander Kubetz, Panga na visu, Riedlhütte 2009, p. 73, ill. 139