Short sword ·  D. R. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3035325

Description

metal, wood, metal hilt, partly stretched with leather, leather scabbard, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion and abrasion;
the Yaka have developed distinctly functional swords. There is little decoration on the blades but the hilts are often quite artistically designed, covered with leather and adorned with copper wires. The scabbards can also be quite decorative. The wood scabbards are either plain or are covered with leather and held together by rattan cords.

The object Short sword with the object ID 3035325 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 423 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 141, ill. 252