Rare petit poignard dans remarquable étui, avant 1918 · Namibie, Ovambo, Ondonga · ID: 3046105
Vendu
2 500 €
Provenance
Old German Colonial CollectionDescription
wood, sheet copper, steel, carved eyelet on the backside for attachment, base
According to a note in the catalog “Die ethnographische Südwestafrika-Sammlung Hans Schinz 1884-86”, these knives were worn on leather belts around the hips. Chiefs of the Ondonga tribe conferred these prominent daggers on sentries as a special honor.
Littérature comparée
Szalay, Miklós, Die ethnographische Südwestafrika-Sammlung Hans Schinz 1884-1886, Zürich 1979, p. 114 f.