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Five knives "ikula" ·  R. D. Congo, Kuba · ID: 3038046

Vendu 200 €

Description

metal, wood, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion;
King Shamba-Bolongo distinguished himself as a man of peace, and preached to his people morality and loving one’s enemy. Around 1600 he forbade the legendary throwing knife “shongo”. In its place he introduced the peace knife “ikula” which is still used by the Kuba today.


Littérature comparée

Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 152, ill. 273


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