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Cf. Cornet, J., et al., Beauté Fatale, Armes d'Afrique Centrale, Brussels, 1992, p.168, fig.252 for a similar knife attributed to the Yakoma, Sango or Ngbandi
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TWO NORTHERN ZAIRE KNIVES, the slender curved metal blades with circular tips, one blade of copper, copper-bound hilts
36.5cm. to 52cm. long (2)
36.5cm. to 52cm. long (2)