Human shaped knife from Enggano.

Wooden handle with nice carved head.

The blade of imported laminated iron.

The ferule of tin.

Highly scarce item. 

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19th century

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See for comparable item in  Museum Wereldculturen

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ref: Elio Modigliani - Isola delle donne

Albert G. Van Zonneveld - Traditionele wapens van Enggano

see also Art of the Ancestors/enggano

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Size total:  36 cm

Blade: 24,5 cm

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SOLD

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