Sowrd knife ·  Zimbabwe, Shona · ID: 3037742

Description

metal, pointed blade with raised middle ridge, the wooden sheath and handle in form of a human head covered with elaborate wire netting, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of corrosion, base

The object Sowrd knife with the object ID 3037742 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 540 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200.

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Publications

Loos, Pierre, Arts-Kunst: Primitifs/Primitive/Primitieve IV, Brussels 1994