Zemanek-Münster

Throwing knife ·  Sudan, Ingessana · ID: 3041227

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Provenance
collected in situ (1st half of 20th century)
Old Swedish Collection, Norrköping
Size
H: 65 cm
H: 25.6 inch

Description

iron, of elongated form with broad blade and thorn-shaped appendage, punched decorations, handle wrapped in rattan stripes, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion


The object Throwing knife with the object ID 3041227 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 107.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 51, ill. 68


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