Axe · R. D. Congo, Songye · ID: 3033595
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Provenance
Anton Eckert, Munich, GermanyDescription
iron, metal sheet, wood, blade in openwork design, each side decorated with an anthropomorphic face, the shaft covered with copper sheet, min. dam., traces of corrosion;
these axes represent an absolute high light in Songe craftsmanship.
The blade is thus supported on an almost baroque-like iron work creating, despite its weight, a graceful impression.
Littérature comparée
Fischer, Werner, Zirngibl, Manfred A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 163, ill. 294