‡TWO AFRICAN SICKLE-SHAPED SHORTSWORDS (NGOMBE DOKO) AND A BROADSWORD (DOKO MOBAMPA)

‡TWO AFRICAN SICKLE-SHAPED SHORTSWORDS (NGOMBE DOKO) AND A BROADSWORD (DOKO MOBAMPA), CONGO, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY of characteristic form, the first with partially blackened blade cut with grooves and cross-hatched designs, hardwood grip wrapped with copper ribband over the base (loose) and the upper portion profusely studded with copper rivets over its entire surface; the second similar, with plain moulded wooden grip; the third decorated with hatched and wavy designs on the blade and wooden grip bound with rattan the first: 41.0 cm; 16 1/8 in blade (3)