Couteau-épée "ingonda" ·  R. D. Congo, Ngombe / Poto / Doko · ID: 3045893

Description

iron, copper alloy, wood,
Georg Buschan described these knives in 1922 as the chief’s knives of the Lukeren (Lokele) and states that these sword-like knife types were pure showpieces, which can be traced back to ancient Egyptian dagger forms.

Littérature comparée

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 38, ill. 33/ 34