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African traditional forms

Tuesday 14 February 2023, 04:30 PM • Milan

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YAKA, Congo Kinshasa, regione del fiume Kwango

Prestige knives

Estimate

€ 300 - 400

Sold

€ 307

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

cm 65
reserved for notables and village leaders.
Double shear forged iron blade worked with burin on both sides.
Wood handle embellished with a cage of iron bows and coiled copper wire. Pointed cylindrical terminal.

Literature

FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, pag. 141, n° 252 (202);
WESTERDIJK HEINRICH, Ijzerwerk van Centraal-Afrika,Lochem 1975, Gruppo XI, pag. 94, fig. 15 (199);
BOURGEOIS ARTHUR P., The Yaka and Suku, Leiden Olanda 1985, tav. 5 (165);
ELSEN JAN & AUTORI VARI, Beauté Fatale: Armes d’Afrique Centrale, Crédit Communal, Bruxelles 1992 pagina 253, n° 501 e 502 (292);