Axe - Tshimbuya - Chokwe - Angola
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Selected by Julien Gauthier
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Estimate € 1,050 - € 1,200
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Description from the seller
Tshimbuya Chokwe axe
Angola
Total length: 48 cm
Maximum width (blade and wood): 25 cm
Period: Early 20th century
Provenance: Leiloeira Côrte Real auction house - Porto - Portugal
Much more a scepter than an axe. Village chiefs, diviners, and courtiers close to the court owned them, not slung over the shoulder as the Congo herminettes, but held in the hands, the superb engravings visible to all. Probably from the late 19th century and with excellent provenance from a Portuguese auction house of which Angola was one of its colonies. It had never left Portugal before I acquired it.
The Chokwe axe can be sold with its invoice from Leiloeira Côrte Real, paper format, upon the buyer's request.
Careful and insured delivery with tracking number.
Tshimbuya Chokwe axe
Angola
Total length: 48 cm
Maximum width (blade and wood): 25 cm
Period: Early 20th century
Provenance: Leiloeira Côrte Real auction house - Porto - Portugal
Much more a scepter than an axe. Village chiefs, diviners, and courtiers close to the court owned them, not slung over the shoulder as the Congo herminettes, but held in the hands, the superb engravings visible to all. Probably from the late 19th century and with excellent provenance from a Portuguese auction house of which Angola was one of its colonies. It had never left Portugal before I acquired it.
The Chokwe axe can be sold with its invoice from Leiloeira Côrte Real, paper format, upon the buyer's request.
Careful and insured delivery with tracking number.
Details
Era
1900-2000
Country of origin
Angola
Condition
Excellent
Ethnic group/culture
Chokwe
Indigenous object name
Tshimbuya
Sold with stand
No
Overall Length
48 cm
Military Context
No
Estimated period
1900-1910
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