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Old 9th March 2014, 08:45 PM   #1
Freddy
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Default New African knife

I recently found this copper knife on a Belgian auction site. When I received it, I was happily surprised to find out it was quite a good piece.

The copper blade shows hammermarks and is constructed as most Centralafrican blades are : one side of the blade is higher than the other side.

What intrigued me most was the handle. To me, it look Mangbetu. But I have never seen a Mangbetu knife with a similar blade (I'm still young, though )

Other opinions are appreciated.

The pics are perhaps not entirely clear, these are the ones from the auction site. I can always make other ones.

Ah yes, I forgot : this knife measures 28,5 cm.
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