Estimate
€ 600 - 800
Price realized
€ 1.126
The price includes buyer's premium
Information
h 74 cm
Sword.
Forged iron blade with double shearing worked in vertical strips. Wooden handle wrapped with copper twin lead.
Good glaze from use. Object denotes prestige;
This long sword belongs to the artistic tradition of Boa o Ababoa knives, as this sub group, the Zande, were once known as. In the middle of the blade, there are up to three holes running vertically along the central shaft.
Sword.
Forged iron blade with double shearing worked in vertical strips. Wooden handle wrapped with copper twin lead.
Good glaze from use. Object denotes prestige;
This long sword belongs to the artistic tradition of Boa o Ababoa knives, as this sub group, the Zande, were once known as. In the middle of the blade, there are up to three holes running vertically along the central shaft.
Literature
ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A., Seltene Afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, pag. 80 (238);
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