Description: H. 34,5 cm (standard size). Leaf-shaped iron blade, wooden handle exquisitely decorated with geometric ornaments. The decoration consists of short semicircular rods of zinc or tin placed close to each other. Beautiful shiny patina of the wood, slightly rusty blade, greased. Litt. Laure Meyer, Objets Africains, vie quotidienne, rites, art de cour, pp. 126-127 and M. Ginzbert, African Forms, pp. 177. (208)