Chieftain's knife ·  R. D. Congo, Lobala · ID: 3038443

Description

metal (copper), ivory, broad blade, ornamented on both sides, split in two half-circles, ivory handle wrapped with metal stripes, good state of preservation, base;
it is not difficult to see the raised, out-stretched arms of a human figure in the expressive shape of this piece.

Littérature comparée

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 107, ill. 121