Knife Topoke, Congo Knife with a lanceolate... Lot 9

Knife Topoke, Congo Knife with a lanceolate blade decorated with two median edges and an incised decoration of parallel striations on each side. The choke handle is decorated with copper wires and ends in a large ogival-shaped pommel with cut-off sides. Iron, copper wires. 49.5 x 13 cm. The use of this weapon consisted in being thrown from the top of a tree at an animal or an enemy, the heavy pommel then knocking the prey down. A similar copy is reproduced on page 172 in Jan Elsen's "Iron and Pride". Ed. of the Barbier-Mueller Museum - 5 Continents editions, Geneva, 2003. Soclé.