Sword · Mali, Malinke · ID: 3040420
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Provenance
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, GermanyGünter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
Size
L: 75 cm
L: 29.5 inch
Description
slightly bent iron blade, leather handle and sheath, painted with ornaments, several tassels and decorative appendages attached, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion and usage
The object Sword with the object ID 3040420 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 146.
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Comparing literature
Tirri, Anthony C., Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa 1800 - 1960, Indiana 2007, p. 560, ill. 9-7