Sickle-shaped status knife, D. R. Congo, Bwaka (Ngbaka), Mbanja, Size: H: 55,7 cm (H: 21.9 inch), ID: 3050558

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Lot 358

Sickle-shaped status knife · D. R. Congo, Bwaka (Ngbaka), Mbanja · ID: 3050558

sold EUR 260

Provenance

Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany

Size

H: 55,7 cm

H: 21.9 inch

Description

metal, wood, plant fibre,

Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Werner Fischer, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 95

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