Throwing knife · Cameroon, Fali · ID: 3041015
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
collected in situ (1970’s)Size
H: 52,5 cm
H: 20.7 inch
Description
metal, crescent-shaped blade with beak-like appendage, handle covered with plaited leather straps, min. dam., slight traces of usage and corrosion;
south of the Matakam live the Kapsiki, Fali and Margi tribes, which use weapons of their own design. According to ethnological literature, the blade shape intentionally should remind of the cock which plays an important role in their cult beliefs.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 31, ill. 36