Rare poignard de prestige avec fourreau "omuele guosipika" · Namibie, Ovambo, Ondonga · ID: 3051078
Description
wood, copper sheet and wire,
The Ondonga are one of the eight great Ovambo tribes, a Bantu people inhabiting northern Namibia (Ovamboland) and southern Angola. They are famous in particular for the beauty of their - very rare - knives.
According to the Finnish missionary Martti Rautanen, who settled in 1870 in Ondonga territory, this type of prestigious knife was named “omuele guosipika”, and was the property of the king, who awarded it, like a military medal, to some senior men. When they died, they became royal property again.
According to Tönjes (1911), the unusual shape of the dagger sheath, which is reminiscent of a fish tail, is supposed to be a depiction of buffalo horns. A comparable knife published in Szalay, 1979, p. 114.
L’objet Rare poignard de prestige avec fourreau “omuele guosipika” avec l’ID d’objet 3051078 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères Vente aux enchères 103 dans 16 novembre 2024. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 405 a atteint un prix de vente de 16 800 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 5 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Szalay, Miklós, Die ethnographische Südwestafrika-Sammlung Hans Schinz 1884-1886, Zürich 1979