Sacrificial knife of Chief Bara, straight... - Lot 188 - Vasari Auction

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Sacrificial knife of Chief Bara, straight... - Lot 188 - Vasari Auction
Sacrificial knife of Chief Bara, straight blade of 21 cm, with nielloed and engraved back, brass handle with a character (representing the owner), a sheep (symbolizing the reincarnation of an ancestor) and a duck, intercessor bird between the living and the dead, and sign of fecundity, TL 35 cm, used in Madagascar during the rituals of circumcision, XIXth century period (this type of sacrificial knife is reproduced in " Ancient Art of Madagascar " B.GOY 2015 page 113)
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