Throwing knife ·  Cameroon, Fali · ID: 3026875

Description

metall, of slightly curved form with a thorn-like projection, semicircular blade with beak-like appendage, min. dam., traces of corrosion;
supposed to be a stylized rooster which is considered by the Fali to be holy. According to Wente-Lukas, the hatchets were used in earlier times at burial rituals and were carried by the brother or son of the deceased.

The object Throwing knife with the object ID 3026875 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 331.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner, Zirngibl, Manfred A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 31, ill. 35