Throwing knife ·  Cameroon, Fali · ID: 3041015

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.

The object Throwing knife with the object ID 3041015 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 343 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 31, ill. 36