Estimate
€ 600 - 800
Sold
€ 832
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Information
Knife height: cm 55; total height: cm 65;
iron with sheath finished with leather and studsscratch-worked forged iron double shear blade.
Wooden handle embellished at the top with a metal cylinder and a cage of brass wire bows.
iron with sheath finished with leather and studsscratch-worked forged iron double shear blade.
Wooden handle embellished at the top with a metal cylinder and a cage of brass wire bows.
Provenance
Pier Giorgio Cerrini, Bruxelles (1982);
Literature
WESTERDIJK H. “Afrikanische Messer”, Lochem 1975, Gruppo XI, pag.94, figura 15 (199);
FISHER W. & ZIRNGIBL M.A. “Afrikanische Waffen”, Passau 1978, pag.141, figura 252 (202);
BOURGEOIS A.P. “The Yaka and Suku” Leiden 1985, tav. 5 (165);
ELSEN JAN " Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa" Bruxelles 2009, pag. 351, n° 488 e pag. 358, n° 497 (643)
PICCARDI MARCO S. & SALVATICI LUCIANO “Lame d’Africa” Firenze 2002, pag. 53 (682);
FISHER W. & ZIRNGIBL M.A. “Afrikanische Waffen”, Passau 1978, pag.141, figura 252 (202);
BOURGEOIS A.P. “The Yaka and Suku” Leiden 1985, tav. 5 (165);
ELSEN JAN " Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa" Bruxelles 2009, pag. 351, n° 488 e pag. 358, n° 497 (643)
PICCARDI MARCO S. & SALVATICI LUCIANO “Lame d’Africa” Firenze 2002, pag. 53 (682);