Recade - Lot 28

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450 - 650 EUR
Recade - Lot 28
Recade Fon, Benin Royal Recade. The openwork metal blade ends with a crocodile ready to devour a man. The hilt guard is decorated with two windings. The recades are parade weapons, whose iconography gives a precise account of the life of its owner. It is an intimate and personal object which, after his death, is worth as an effigy of him. The most beautiful and refined come from the Fon in the Kingdom of Abomey. The design is cut out and incised into the end of the blade on both sides. Metal and patinated wood. 66.5 x 13.5 cm.
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