Hache "Tshimbuya" - Chokwe - Angola
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Description from the seller
• Axe "tshimbuya" Tshokwe
• Angola
• Total length: 48 cm
• Maximum width (blade and wood): 25 cm
• Period: end of the 19th century / beginning of the 20th century
• Weight: 340 g
• Provenance: Leiloeira Côrte Real auction house - Porto - Portugal
— This axe is in reality much more of a scepter. Village chiefs, diviners and those close to the court possessed them, not worn on the shoulder as the Congo’s herminettes, but held in the hands, with the superb engravings on the wood and the blade clearly visible to all. It dates very likely from the very beginning of the 20th century. Perhaps even from the end of the 19th century. Its provenance is obviously excellent. The auction house is Portuguese, of which Angola was one of its colonies. It had probably never left Portugal before I acquired it.
— The Chokwe axe is sold with its invoice from Leiloeira Côrte Real.
(document PDF + paper)
— Careful and insured delivery with tracking number.
• Axe "tshimbuya" Tshokwe
• Angola
• Total length: 48 cm
• Maximum width (blade and wood): 25 cm
• Period: end of the 19th century / beginning of the 20th century
• Weight: 340 g
• Provenance: Leiloeira Côrte Real auction house - Porto - Portugal
— This axe is in reality much more of a scepter. Village chiefs, diviners and those close to the court possessed them, not worn on the shoulder as the Congo’s herminettes, but held in the hands, with the superb engravings on the wood and the blade clearly visible to all. It dates very likely from the very beginning of the 20th century. Perhaps even from the end of the 19th century. Its provenance is obviously excellent. The auction house is Portuguese, of which Angola was one of its colonies. It had probably never left Portugal before I acquired it.
— The Chokwe axe is sold with its invoice from Leiloeira Côrte Real.
(document PDF + paper)
— Careful and insured delivery with tracking number.
Details
Ethnic group/ culture
Chokwe
Country of Origin
Angola
Period
Late 19th century
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Excellent condition
Title of artwork
Hache "Tshimbuya"
Weight
340 g
Authenticity
Original/official
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