Lot 0083

A Kuba Knife (Tribal Art)

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Item Details

Description

Messer
Kuba, DR Kongo
Gesockelt / with custom base
Kupfer, Holz. H 38 cm.

Provenienz:
Galerie Walu, Zürich (vor 1998).

Würdezeichen einer ranghohen Persönlichkeit.

Die Zweckmässigkeit als Waffe war sekundär, da die Form primär zur Identifikation der Stammeszugehörigkeit und des Status des Trägers diente.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Zirngibl, Manfred A. (1983). Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen. Grafenau: Morsak Verlag.

CHF 200 / 400
EUR 172 / 344

Condition

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