Couteau de jet "pingha" ou "woshele" exceptionnellement très décoré

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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”.

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Littérature comparée

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 74, ill. 75

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