Short sword with leather sheath · D. R. Congo, Mbondzo, Mondzombo, Lobala, Ngbaka, Ngiri peo · ID: 3050548
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanySize
L: 47,5 cm (sword)
36,5 cm (sheath)
L: 18.7 inch (sword)
14.4 inch (sheath)
Description
metal, wood, animal skin,
Comparing literature
GE Jeff & Marc L. Felix (ed.), Fatal Beauty Traditional Weapons from Central Africa, Taiwan/ Brussels, n. d., p. 125 (right) & 127, ill. 85