Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20 Sep 2017
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A Ngbandi hippopotamus harpoon Democratic Republic of Congo wood
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.
Provenance
Count Werner D. Schack (1922 - 2004) Demark.