Three cult or currency knives · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3034693
sold
EUR 600
Size
L: 42,5 cm - 47 cm
L: 16.7 inch - 18.5 inch
Description
brass with patina, spearhead-shaped, ornamented front sides, min. dam., partly small missing parts, traces of corrosion, metal socle
The object Three cult or currency knives with the object ID 3034693 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 294 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 16