Old Throwing Knife – MOKO-NDO – Ngbaka Mabo – DR Congo
Early 20th century. Iron, copper. Cm. 43,5 high x 36,0 width (17.13" x 14.17"); weight: grams 624,0 (22.01 oz.). Very good condition. Mabo throwing knives, collectively known as ndo were used as weapons of war, prestige objects, and currency blades. As reported by Poutrin (1910), no Ngbaka Mabo man ever left his...