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African traditional forms

Tuesday 14 February 2023, 04:30 PM • Milan

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YAKOMA, Congo Kinshasa

Ornamentale knives

Estimate

€ 200 - 300

Sold

€ 512

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

cm 33,5
with shaped blade made of forged iron. Wooden handle wrapped with spirals of copper rod.
Their similarity in construction technique and decorations leads us to believe that they were made by the same blacksmith. (rif. lots 15-16)

Literature

FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. “Afrikanische Waffen” Passau 1978, pag. 78, n° 129 (202);