BENGE, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa),... Lot 47

BENGE, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa), region of the Uele River. h 75 cm Parade sabre. Forged iron blade with patterns engraved on the front. Wood handle wrapped in spirals of rope and iron twin lead. An attachment in the shape of a half-moon on the lower part of the blade was used to fasten it with a leather lace, enabling the user to keep the weapon at their wrist. LITERATURE ELSEN JAN & VARIOUS AUTHORS "Beauté Fatale: Armes d'Afrique Centrale" Crédit Communal, Brussels 1992 pag. 177 (292); ELSEN JAN, "Tribal arms monographs: Les armes-faucilles - Vol. I, N°1 partie I" Brussels 1996, pag. 54 and 55 (525);