Ceremonial Dagger with Inauthentic Heavy Pommel
Nkutshu, D.R. Congo
Iron, wood, copper
Blade and handle: before 1950; Counterweight is modern

Counterweight shows no signs of being manufactured with traditional techniques; not grain or character; numerous signs of machining. It is modern and almost certainly not African. The copper wrap on the handle was cut to accomodate the new counterweight. 

Weight: 856g

19.5 in :: 49.5 cm

InventoryID #13-2559

Not For Sale