Two Mangbetu knives Democratic Republic of Congo iron and wood

Two Mangbetu knives

Democratic Republic of Congo

iron and wood, with copper wire binding, one handle with sheet brass and studs,

38cm and 40cm high,

and two knives, iron, wood and brass wire, with incised decorated blades, 42cm and 44cm long and a quiver of metal tip arrows, a reptile skin covered sheath and a Kenyan beadwork waistband. (14)

Provenance

Madame Berthe Bihin, Belgium and thence by descent.