A hatchet wood, iron and other metals Angolan 20th C. in need of union resin, minor faults and defects, major patina wear Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 28,5 cm Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva “Finely crafted musical instruments, combs, pipes, axes and stools may include elaborate figurative and/or abstract motifs and belong to whoever can afford to obtain them” - cf. JORDÁN, Manuel - “Os Tshokwe e Povos Aparentados”. In “Na presença dos Espíritos - Arte Africana do Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisboa”. Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Etnologia, 2000, p. 114.