Sickle knife "trumbash" ·  D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3042696

Description

wood, metal, curved blade with a hole, the wooden handle partly wrapped in wire, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion.
Such sickle-knives, by the Mangbetu called “trumbash”, come in the most diversified shapes. Their elaborately designed handles often make them to real objects of value.

The object Sickle knife “trumbash” with the object ID 3042696 was part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction on November 11, 2017. The object with the lot number 435 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400 with an asking price of EUR 900.

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Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Werner Fischer, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 67