Knife · R. D. Congo, Mangbetu · ID: 3033857
Vendu
100 €
Description
metal, pointed blade, ivory handle, min. dam., cracks through age (handle), traces of corrosion;
most likely made as ornamental knife but may have also been used in cultic rites.
Littérature comparée
Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 83, ill. 88 f.