Lot 373
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A NORTHERN ZAIRE AXE, with flared metal blade, carved grooves to the oval head, the shaft bound with copper wire; and a Zaire axe with flared metal blade, the shaft covered in incised metal panels and brass wire

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A NORTHERN ZAIRE AXE, with flared metal blade, carved grooves to the oval head, the shaft bound with copper wire; and a Zaire axe with flared metal blade, the shaft covered in incised metal panels and brass wire
29.5cm. and 35cm. long (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Cornet, J., et al., Beauté Fatale, Armes d'Afrique Centrale, p.166, fig.241, for an axe similar to the first, attributed to the Yakoma or Ngbandi

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