Unusually richly decorated throwing knife "pingha" or "woshele" · D. R. Congo, Azande / Nsakara / Bandia · ID: 3045919
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
Dieter Schaffner, Groß-Gerau, GermanySize
L: 45 cm
L: 17.7 inch
Description
steel, plantfibre and -cord,
In the course of time, these knives evolved from combat weapons to pure splendor and threatening weapons, which also took on monetary character. They can be described as “means of exchange with currency character”.
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 74, ill. 75