Couteau faucille "trumbash" · R. D. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3042696
Vendu
1 400 €
Description
wood, metal, curved blade with a hole, the wooden handle partly wrapped in wire, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion.
Such sickle-knives, by the Mangbetu called “trumbash”, come in the most diversified shapes. Their elaborately designed handles often make them to real objects of value.
Littérature comparée
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Werner Fischer, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 67