Sword · D. R. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3037846
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Provenance
Belgian CollectionSize
L: 51,5 cm
L: 20.3 inch
Description
completely made from ivory, “bent blade”, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
carved for representative and decorative purposes.
The object Sword with the object ID 3037846 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 468.
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Comparing literature
Felix, Marc L. (ed.), White gold, black hands, Vol. 8, Brussels 2014, p. 195, ill. 8.65