Specifications

• Height: 28,5 cm
• Material: wood, iron, brass
• Position: kneeling
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name: piso
• Price realised: € 4.096,-

Provenance

Private collection, Antwerp; Dorotheum, Vienna 18-2-2020, lot 25.

Publications

Additional information

These knives come in two versions, wood and brass and this kind are all produced in the same style. Most of these items were acquired in the first quarter of the 20th century and were made in a certain quantity meeting the demand for these decorative items.

Photo credit

Dorotheum, Vienna