Two cult knives · Eritrea, Hadendoa · ID: 3041222
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of DenmarkSize
L:33,5 cm & 30 cm
L:13.2 inch & 11.8 inch
Description
both with x-shaped handle and curved blade in bicoloured leather sheath, min. dam., crack (sheath of the bigger one), slight traces of usage and corrosion
Comparing literature
Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 49, ill. 63