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7th March 2010, 04:17 PM
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Congo dagger, what a tribe?
hello together
Yesterday I bought this dagger, but can not make him indentifizieren. The handle is ivory: length 8.2 cm the blade: 32cm thickness of 2mm width 3.7 cm age: 1880/1920? am grateful to every opinion. gruss chregu |
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7th March 2010, 06:04 PM
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Hello Chregu,
I think it is either Mangbetu or Abarambo. Gruss, Martin |
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7th March 2010, 06:52 PM
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hello Martin
Many thanks for the type, Mangbetu was my idea, I just found not to honor pieces. have even more Africans to judge. what do you think the age? gruss chregu |
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7th March 2010, 08:30 PM
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Mangbetu is my thought also circa 1900-30. Luc is better at this than me he should know.
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12th March 2010, 07:37 AM
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Yes, Mangbetu, no problem, circa 1900.
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12th March 2010, 10:13 AM
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Very nice, Congrats!!
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