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Ceremonial Short Sword, Mopamba

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$213$170
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3695TLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 13, 2021 12:00PM

Description:

Ceremonial Short Sword, Mopamba, Ngombe/Poto, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the wide iron blade with a double crescent-shaped cutout toward the rattan-wrapped shoulder, engraved on both sides, the handle wrapped with copper and animal hide, lg. 23 in.

Provenance: Norman Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Estimate $300-500


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Cambridge, Congo