Estimate
€ 200 - 300
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€ 282
The price includes buyer's premium
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cm 52,5
forged iron double shear blade worked in vertical stripes.
Wooden handle wrapped with copper plate. Fine patina of use. Prestigious object
This long sword belongs to the artistic tradition of Boa or Ababoa knives, as this Zande subgroup was once called.
forged iron double shear blade worked in vertical stripes.
Wooden handle wrapped with copper plate. Fine patina of use. Prestigious object
This long sword belongs to the artistic tradition of Boa or Ababoa knives, as this Zande subgroup was once called.
Literature
ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A., Seltene Afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, pag. 80 (238);
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