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h 46 cm
Knife.
Copper blade with a series of eleven holes, wooden handle wrapped with twin lead and copper sheets.
Local names: Mambere, MambéléKnife in the shape of a billhook used as a symbol of power by Mangbetu nobles.In the centre of the blade, there are 11 holes, which are rare for knives of this sort. Legend has it that each hole corresponds to one of the owner’s wife. Object denotes prestige
Knife.
Copper blade with a series of eleven holes, wooden handle wrapped with twin lead and copper sheets.
Local names: Mambere, MambéléKnife in the shape of a billhook used as a symbol of power by Mangbetu nobles.In the centre of the blade, there are 11 holes, which are rare for knives of this sort. Legend has it that each hole corresponds to one of the owner’s wife. Object denotes prestige
Literature
WESTERDIJK HEINRICH, Ijzerwerk van Centraal-Afrika, Lochem 1975, Gruppo VI, pag. 86, figg. 6 - 7 (199);
FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, pag. 64 (202);
ELSEN JAN & AUTORI VARI, Beauté Fatale: Armes d’Afrique Centrale, Crédit Communal, Bruxelles 1992, pag.189, fig. 312 (292);
ELSEN JAN, Tribal arms monographs: Les armes- faucilles - Vol. I, N° 3 partie III, Bruxelles 2000, pag. 30 (526);
ELSEN JAN, De fer et de fierté: Armes blanches d’Afrique Noire du Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genéve & Milan 2003, pag. 120 (524);
ELSEN JAN, Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa, Bruxelles 2009, pag. 202, fig. 211 (643);
FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, pag. 64 (202);
ELSEN JAN & AUTORI VARI, Beauté Fatale: Armes d’Afrique Centrale, Crédit Communal, Bruxelles 1992, pag.189, fig. 312 (292);
ELSEN JAN, Tribal arms monographs: Les armes- faucilles - Vol. I, N° 3 partie III, Bruxelles 2000, pag. 30 (526);
ELSEN JAN, De fer et de fierté: Armes blanches d’Afrique Noire du Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genéve & Milan 2003, pag. 120 (524);
ELSEN JAN, Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa, Bruxelles 2009, pag. 202, fig. 211 (643);