Description
A hatchet
A hatchet, wood, iron and other metals, Angolan, 20th C., in need of union resin, minor faults and defects, major patina wear, Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva “Finely crafted musical instruments, combs, pipes, axes and stools may include elaborate figurative and/or abstract motifs and belong to whoever can afford to obtain them” - cf. JORDÁN, Manuel - “Os Tshokwe e Povos Aparentados”. In “Na presença dos Espíritos - Arte Africana do Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisboa”. Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Etnologia, 2000, p. 114., Dim. - 28,5 cm
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