Mysterious African "knife"

Duccio · 13th June 2020, 05:12 PM

Thanks, Tim
that they were both Africans I knew it, and I also knew that the second object is a recade from Benin.
I also imagine that the black knife is Congolese, but the question is: which of the many peoples of that area is attributable?
Do you have any relation with the Konda's prestige knives, even if the latter have completely "abstract" shapes and is this instead "figurative"?

GIO · 14th June 2020, 06:07 PM

Maitre corbeau sur un arbre perché tenait dans son bec un fromage.
Maitre renard par l'odeur allechée ......

Duccio · 14th June 2020, 06:14 PM

Exactement, je crois qu'i s'agit de quelque chose comme ça.

(Exactly, I think this is something like that.)

14th June 2020, 06:07 PM	#2
GIO Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 328	African knife ? Maitre corbeau sur un arbre perché tenait dans son bec un fromage. Maitre renard par l'odeur allechée ......

13th June 2020, 05:12 PM	#1
Duccio Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Florence, Italy Posts: 64	Thanks, Tim that they were both Africans I knew it, and I also knew that the second object is a recade from Benin. I also imagine that the black knife is Congolese, but the question is: which of the many peoples of that area is attributable? Do you have any relation with the Konda's prestige knives, even if the latter have completely "abstract" shapes and is this instead "figurative"?

14th June 2020, 06:14 PM	#3
Duccio Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Florence, Italy Posts: 64	Exactement, je crois qu'i s'agit de quelque chose comme ça. (Exactly, I think this is something like that.)