Hache cérémonielle "kibiki" ou "kasolwa" ·  R. D. Congo, Luba-Shankadi · ID: 3051997

Description

wood, metal, rep., base

In a symbolic sense, the axes “clear the way” for a functioning society with intact social and moral values. The engravings on the axe blades are called “ntapo”, they also serve to convey certain messages.

Littérature comparée

Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 76 f.