EKONDA (Konda), KUNDU, SENGELE, LIA, Democratic... Lot 49

EKONDA (Konda), KUNDU, SENGELE, LIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa) h 45 cm Region of Lake Mai-Ndombe. Knife / Currency. Structure of sheet metal worked along its edging. Wooden handle with a black glaze. LITERATURE FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. "Afrikanische Waffen" Passau 1978, pag. 170 (202); ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A. "Seltene Afrikanische Kurzwaffen" Grafenau 1983, pag. 98 (238); ELSEN JAN "De fer et de fierté: Armes blanches d'Afrique Noire du Musée Barbier-Mueller" Geneva & Milan 2003, pag. 198 (524);