Boa Scimitar — TAD Tribal Art

Scimitar

Boa people, DR Congo, 19th/early 20th c.

Iron, wood, and copper

H 29” W 2” (73.66 x 5.08 cm)

Price: $750.00

Cf. Westerdijk 1984: 33, figs. 134, 136; Agthe 1985: 92, fig. 65.

REFERENCES

Agthe, Johanna. Waffen Aus Zentral-Afrika. Frankfurt: Museum für Völkerkunde, 1985.

Westerdijk, Peter. African Metal Implements: Weapons, Tools and Regalia. Greenvale: Hillwood Art Gallery, 1984.