Cult and prestige axe with split blade - Tanzania, Luguru

metal, wood, L: 52 cm, L: 20,5 inch Provenance: Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany Published In: Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Alexander Kubetz, "panga na visu", Riedlhütte 2009, p. 234, ill. 561

**Originally Listed At $200** Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Songye culture, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. An attractive prestige axe with a broad, openwork copper blade be

A carved wooden handle with ancestor head on the end, embellished with hand hammered metal ( aluminum) strips and forged steel blade with incised designs. Luba peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. The

Carved wood handle with Ancestral Face and small round inset designs, hand forged iron blade and well handled patina. The Axe measures 14 inches long / 11.25 inches tall on professional custom display

Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luba or Hemba peoples, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A prestige axe known as a kibiki or a kasolwa, with a forged-iron blade fitted into a thin s

Large Antique African Hand-made Lugara Tribe (Tanzania) Battle Axe / War Club| | Approx. Size: 27.5" Long | Luguru, also called Ruguru, or Waluguru, a Bantu-speaking people of the hills, Uluguru Mount

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Prestige-Waffe Fur, Sudan (Darfur), DR Kongo Ohne Sockel / without base Eisen, Leder. L 52 cm. Provenienz: - Peter und Veena Schnell, Zürich. - Galerie Walu, Basel. Zeremonialwaffen zeichnen sich dur

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A bronze socketed axe head in one of the most iconic weapon forms from ancient Luristan. The axe has a dramatically curved blade th

China, Shang Dynasty, ca. 1600 to 1046 BCE. This is a fine example of one of the earliest bronze weapons - it is an axe blade with a round socket and a flared, simply decorated butt. The blade has a d

Prestige-Messer Fur, Sudan (Darfur), Sudan Ohne Sockel / without base Eisen, Textil, Leder. H 46 cm. Provenienz: Helmut und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich. Zeremonialwaffen zeichnen sich durch sorgfältige

Very Large 18-19th C. Islamic Indian Persian Zulficar Shamshir. Gold inlaid Active Damascus pattern is chiseled with Islamic Calligraphy, with Split blade. Large serious sword. 39.5" total length. Len

East Asia, China, Neolithic Period, later Longshan culture (sometimes Lung-shan), ca. 2000 to 1600 BCE. A wonderful, hand-carved nephrite jade ritual axe blade, with a smooth, thin body, an elongated

Oceania, Fiji Islands, ca. 19th century CE. A fine example of the distinctive double-headed kiakavo war club with a low ridge on its "cutting face" serving as a symbolic axe blade. This style is somet

A Chinese jade belt buckle with a carved inscription and a jadeite pendant in the shape of an axe blade with 2 chilong, dating from the 19th century. Dimensions are: the larger belt buckle measures 2

Pre-Columbian, Peru (North Coast), Moche Culture, ca. 100 to 700 CE. This is a small copper axe blade with a flared half-circle at the bottom. The top has a wonderful figure of a lord with a huge head

New Hebrides Long Handled Axe. A European trade iron axe blade mounted to a long slender handle culminating in a top-shaped knob. Old collection tag affixed to handle inscribed: "408/Massachusetts." F

10th-12th century AD. A silver bracelet with ends twisted round the twisted wire loop, amuletic pendants including twisted wire rings, miniature axe-blades, miniature lozenge faces, miniature firestri

Made of a large flat slab of multi-colored green Nephrite Jade with a small hole for suspension. Jade Axe blades are known from very early periods in China. They tend to be largely unadorned with the

War of 1812 British Naval Axe with Blade and Spike Shaped Head c. 1790 to War of 1812 Era, British Naval Axe with Spike shaped Head, Used, Fine. This original War of 1812 era British Navy Edged Weapon

Zeremonial-Axt mit doppelklinge, "kilonda" Songye, DR Kongo Ohne Sockel / without base Holz, Eisen, Glaserlen. H 40,5 cm. Provenienz: Helmut (1931-2021) und Marianne Zimmer, Zürich. Zeremonialwaf

COLONIAL-ERA NATIVE AMERICAN LONG BLADE SPIKE TOMAHAWK / AXE, an unusually large example with hand-forged long blade with downward-curved spike and ovoid eye, replaced period-correct tiger maple handl

Very RARE Native American Missouri War Axe Hand Forged Spantoon Blade, Hand Hewn Ash Haft with Carved Designs. Full Length 25 inch Blade Length 7.5 inch

Chinese / Tibetan Ceremonial and Ritual Weapon Assortment (9) archaic style items including ge dagger axe having carved jade blade and bronze handle, bronze pole arm head having carved jade axe blade