Zemanek-Münster

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


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