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€ 400 - 500
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cm 56
forged iron blade with external shearing worked in dots on both sides. Wooden grip with dark patina, signs of use.
Prestige item.
These knives were used in tribal disputes to fight but also to impress opponents. Being considered precious objects they also served as a dowry to get a wife. In this specimen the blade has palmette incisions and its external profile is well sharpened. The wooden handle ends in a multi-sided prism: an unusual detail.
forged iron blade with external shearing worked in dots on both sides. Wooden grip with dark patina, signs of use.
Prestige item.
These knives were used in tribal disputes to fight but also to impress opponents. Being considered precious objects they also served as a dowry to get a wife. In this specimen the blade has palmette incisions and its external profile is well sharpened. The wooden handle ends in a multi-sided prism: an unusual detail.
Provenance
Pier Giorgio Cerrini, Bruxelles (1982);
Literature
ELSEN JAN & AUTORI VARI “Beauté Fatale: Armes d’Afrique Centrale” Crédit Communal, Bruxelles 1992, pagina 130, n° 155 (292);
ELSEN JAN “ De fer et de fierté: armes blanches d’Afrique Noire du Musée Barbier Mueller” Ginevra, Milano 2003, pag. 137 (524);
FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. “Afrikanische Waffen” Passau 1978, pag.112, n°195 (202);
GOSSEAU CHRISTIAN “Tribal arms monographs: Le couteau d’exécution et ses dérivés”, Vol. I, N° 2, partie II” Bruxelles 1997, figg. 47 - 53 (527);
ELSEN JAN “ De fer et de fierté: armes blanches d’Afrique Noire du Musée Barbier Mueller” Ginevra, Milano 2003, pag. 137 (524);
FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. “Afrikanische Waffen” Passau 1978, pag.112, n°195 (202);
GOSSEAU CHRISTIAN “Tribal arms monographs: Le couteau d’exécution et ses dérivés”, Vol. I, N° 2, partie II” Bruxelles 1997, figg. 47 - 53 (527);
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