Sword knife "ingonda" · D. R. Congo, Ngombe / Poto / Doko · ID: 3045893
sold
EUR 200
Provenance
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, GermanySize
L: 52,5 cm / 76 cm
L: 20.7 inch / 29.9 inch
Description
iron, copper alloy, wood,
Georg Buschan described these knives in 1922 as the chief’s knives of the Lukeren (Lokele) and states that these sword-like knife types were pure showpieces, which can be traced back to ancient Egyptian dagger forms.
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 38, ill. 33/ 34