Estimate
€ 200 - 300
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€ 256
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cm 49
used everyday by the various groups living in eastern Congo bordering Rwanda and Burundi.
Steel blade with internal shear hook. Could have been used both as a weapon and as a tool. Sawtooth decorations on the shank that become spiral on the handle
used everyday by the various groups living in eastern Congo bordering Rwanda and Burundi.
Steel blade with internal shear hook. Could have been used both as a weapon and as a tool. Sawtooth decorations on the shank that become spiral on the handle
Literature
ELSEN JAN “Tribal arms monographs: Les armes-faucilles - Vol. I, N° 3 partie III” Bruxelles 2000, pag. 58 (526);
ELSEN JAN Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa, Bruxelles 2009. pag. 236, n° 277 (643);
ELSEN JAN Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa, Bruxelles 2009. pag. 236, n° 277 (643);
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