Fan Mangbetu Knife

DRC
namambele
Height 11 3/4in (30cm)
wood, metal

Provenance
Galerie Bernard Dulon, Paris
Private Princely Collection

Finely carved, the woman faces forward wearing a fan-shaped coi ure,
identifying it as the head of a woman and of the ruling-class; fine, honey-brown
patina; the sheath now missing.

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