Sale 5313
Paris
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29 - 30 June 2005
Price realised
EUR 1,140
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
CINQ ARMES Région Sud Est de l'Afrique Chacune avec leurs fourreaux dont quatre Shona, la dernière au fourreau ajouré laissant voir la lame et à la poignée s'évasant. Longueurs: de 14 cm. (5½ in.) à 61 cm. (24 in.) (5)
Provenance
Pour une Galerie Gulden Snee, Bruxelles.
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Exhibited
African Metal Implements, 1984, p.46, n.209,211,212,213,214
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