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
The object Throwing knife with the object ID 3040633 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 339 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Schmitt, Annette M. & Peter Westerdijk, The cutting edge, Leiden 2006, p. 100