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189. A Salampasu short sword with scabbard Mpuku Democratic Republic of Congo with a shaped blade and carved wood handle, the vellum covered scabbard with three metal strips and a row of fibre framed cowrie shells, 55.5cm long. (2) £150-250 190. A Yaka sword with scabbard Mbeeli ya phoko Democratic Republic of Congo with a dot and line decorated blade and a brass wire bound leather grip with brass studs and an open wirework sphere and copper spike to an iron pommel, with a vellum covered scabbard indistinctly inscribed, 73cm long. (2) £150-200
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191. Fourteen knives Democratic Republic of Congo iron, wood and brass, with plain, pierced and linear decorated blades, the longest 52cm. (14) £100-200
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193. A West African leather quiver with nine arrows, four with metal tips, and a short wood bow, 132.5cm long. (11) £50-100 Provenance Captain Heinrich Roy de Rohde.
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192. Four Fang knife scabbards Gabon two covered with reptile skin, one with vellum and the fourth with metal wire, 40cm, 33.5cm, 21cm and 18cm long. (4) £40-60
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194. A Ngbandi hippopotamus harpoon Democratic Republic of Congo wood, iron and fibre, with a barbed spear head and twisted shaft, the wooden shaft with fine linear decoration and a spilt lobed knop with carved decoration and with coiled wire, 151.5cm long. £200-300
195. A Ngbandi spear Democratic Republic of Congo wood, iron and copper, the cast stepped blade with opposing linear edges with a wooden shaft with incised lines and a split lobed knop with carved decoration, with wire and a knoped terminal, 154cm long. £100-200
Provenance Count Werner D. Schack (1922 - 2004) Demark.
Provenance Count Werner D. Schack (1922 - 2004) Demark.