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cm 39
Iron blade with two holes, wooden handle wrapped with iron mesh spiral
Names of origin: Mambere, Mambélé
Billhook-shaped knife used as a symbol of power by Mangbetu nobles.
Prestige object
Iron blade with two holes, wooden handle wrapped with iron mesh spiral
Names of origin: Mambere, Mambélé
Billhook-shaped knife used as a symbol of power by Mangbetu nobles.
Prestige object
Literature
WESTERDIJK HEINRICH, Ijzerwerk van Centraal-Afrika, Lochem 1975, Gruppo VI, pag. 86, figg. 6 - 7 (199);
FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, pag. 64 (202);
ELSEN JAN & AUTORI VARI, Beauté Fatale: Armes d’Afrique Centrale, Crédit Communal, Bruxelles 1992, pag.189, fig. 312 (292);
ELSEN JAN, Tribal arms monographs: Les armes faucilles - Vol. I, N° 3 partie III, Bruxelles 2000, pag. 30 (526);
FISCHER WERNER & ZIRNGIBL MANFRED A., Afrikanische Waffen, Passau 1978, pag. 64 (202);
ELSEN JAN & AUTORI VARI, Beauté Fatale: Armes d’Afrique Centrale, Crédit Communal, Bruxelles 1992, pag.189, fig. 312 (292);
ELSEN JAN, Tribal arms monographs: Les armes faucilles - Vol. I, N° 3 partie III, Bruxelles 2000, pag. 30 (526);
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