Lot Essay
Cf. Cornet,J., et al., Beauté Fatale, Armes d'Afrique Centrale, Brussels, 1992, p.148, figs.190 and 191 for two similar knives attributed to the Gbaya or Bumali
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TWO SOUTHERN CAMEROON OR NORTHERN ZAIRE KNIVES, each with curved metal blade bound with brass wire, wood hilts
49cm. and 58cm. long (2)
49cm. and 58cm. long (2)