Estimate
€ 400 - 500
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€ 448
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cm 41
black patina forged iron blade with external ribs. The blade has a series of holes and incisions shaped according to the group motifs. A fretworked copper disk is inserted in the center of the blade.
Wooden handle with signs of prolonged use. Period patina.
Prestige object.
This is a widespread pattern in the western region of Congo also made by the Luba and Songye groups.
black patina forged iron blade with external ribs. The blade has a series of holes and incisions shaped according to the group motifs. A fretworked copper disk is inserted in the center of the blade.
Wooden handle with signs of prolonged use. Period patina.
Prestige object.
This is a widespread pattern in the western region of Congo also made by the Luba and Songye groups.
Provenance
Pierre Dartevelle, Bruxelles (1991)
Literature
ELSEN JAN “ De fer et de fierté: armes blanches d’Afrique Noire du Musée Barbier Mueller” Ginevra, Milano 2003, pag. 251 (524);
ELSEN JAN “Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa” Bruxelles 2009, pag. 324, fig. 436 (643);
FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. “Afrikanische Waffen” Passau 1978, pag.165, n° 299 (202);
ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. “Seltene Afrikanische Kurzwaffen” Grafenau 1983, pagina 128, n° 149 (238);
ELSEN JAN “Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa” Bruxelles 2009, pag. 324, fig. 436 (643);
FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. “Afrikanische Waffen” Passau 1978, pag.165, n° 299 (202);
ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. “Seltene Afrikanische Kurzwaffen” Grafenau 1983, pagina 128, n° 149 (238);
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