Information
Forged iron shaped blades. Bare handle. Period patina
Names of origin: Pinga / Kipinga
Throwing knife that in similar forms was also produced by the Banja (Central African Republic) and Nzakara groups, peoples settled in the northern Congo Kinshasa region
Literature
ELSEN JAN & AUTORI VARI “Beauté Fatale: Armes d’Afrique Centrale” Crédit Communal, Bruxelles 1992, pagina 180, n° 288 (Kipinga) (292);