Bidspirit auction | AFRICAN KUBA KNIFE

AFRICAN KUBA KNIFE - Ca. 20th century AD. > A worked African knife featuring a broad, leaf-shaped iron blade tapering to a pointed tip. The blade is decorated with linear borders and a central vertical register of geometric inlays in contrasting metal, arranged in repeating diamond and lattice motifs. The hilt is wrapped with tightly coiled metal wire. > Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014. > > Size: 340mm x 55mm; Weight: 295g > >