Epée cérémonielle / récade / sceptre "sokpo" ou "aglokpo", avant 1930 · République du Bénin (ex Dahomey), Fon · ID: 3048280
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Provenance
French Private CollectionDescription
wood, copper alloy, iron, missing part (top of the handle)
Very beautifully crafted blade with engravings and a symbolic scene (fish and vessel) cut into the broad, round curved end of the blade. For a formally and stylistically very similar example see AHDRC 0162689.