Zemanek-Münster

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


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