Three blades · D. R. Congo · ID: 3037739
sold
EUR 150
Description
a) knife of the Kusu, wood-copper-handle, rather broad blade with raised middle ridge, l: 47 cm; b) dagger-knife of the Sungu, pointed lancet-shaped blade with raised middle ridge, partly decorated with punched parallel lines, copper handle, l: 47 cm; c) club-knife of the Ekonda, wooden handle, adorned with brass, bell-shaped blade, l: 47,5 cm; each knife with slight traces of usage and corrosion
Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 124, ill. 221; p. 128, ill. 229; p. 173, ill. 313