Throwing knife · Cameroon, Gbaya · ID: 3040633
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Afrika Museum Berg en Dal, The NetherlandsInstituut voor Kulturele Antropologie van de Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands, (Inventory card No. 132)
Size
L: 59,5 cm
L: 23.4 inch
Description
iron, thorn-like projection at the transition point to the sickle-shaped upper part, two parallel ribs on the front side, the handle wrapped with strips of fabric which are fixed by rattan, small iron hooklet at the bottom of the handle, old collection number handwritten on both sides at the bottom of the shaft: “132” and “EE 132”, small traces of corrosion, base
Comparing literature
Schmitt, Annette M. & Peter Westerdijk, The cutting edge, Leiden 2006, p. 100