Sword " ntsakh", around 1900 · Cameroon Grassfields, Beti-Fang/Jetsang-Bulu · ID: 3039598
Vendu
2 400 €
Provenance
collected in situ (1907)Anton Handl, Munich, Germany
Description
embellished with fine designs along the upper part of the blade, wooden sheath covered with lizard-skin, adorned with ornamental wire and metal tags (partly missing), min. dam., slight traces of usage and corrosion;
knives of the Fang tribes are distinguished by their beauty and refined designs which, however, do not camouflage their functionality.
Littérature comparée
Fischer, Werner & Manfred A. Zirngibl, Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, p. 190, ill. 348