Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - TRUMBASH KNIFE WITH IVORY HILT, MANGBETU ?

asomotif · 6th November 2011, 11:42 PM

Thanks Lew,

That would fit nicely with the date given by the seller (collected in 1938)

But is it Mangbetu ?
The shape is much more rectangular than other examples of trumbash knives that I found on the forum.

6th November 2011, 11:42 PM	#3
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,221	Thanks Lew, That would fit nicely with the date given by the seller (collected in 1938) But is it Mangbetu ? The shape is much more rectangular than other examples of trumbash knives that I found on the forum.