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€ 300 - 400
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cm 53
forged iron knife with a shaped blade worked on both sides with a raised lozenge along the vertical axis.
Wooden handle covered with iron foil, spirally coiled copper plate and, at the bottom, metal bullets of European origin. Restoration on wood at base.
Use patina. Prestige object.
forged iron knife with a shaped blade worked on both sides with a raised lozenge along the vertical axis.
Wooden handle covered with iron foil, spirally coiled copper plate and, at the bottom, metal bullets of European origin. Restoration on wood at base.
Use patina. Prestige object.
Provenance
Pier Giorgio Cerrini, Bruxelles (1980);
Literature
FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. “Afrikanische Waffen” Passau 1978, pag. 63, fig. 88 (202);
ELSEN JAN “Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa” Bruxelles 2009, pag. 266 (643);
ELSEN JAN “Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa” Bruxelles 2009, pag. 266 (643);
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