Throwing knife · Cameroon, Fali · ID: 3026875
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Provenance
Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, GermanySize
L: 60 cm
L: 23.6 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner, Zirngibl, Manfred A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 31, ill. 35