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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 474914, member: 8267&quot;]Following up on [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER]&#039;s suggestion that it might be from Congo - it might be a handle for a piece of Mangbetu knife currency:</p><p><img src="http://www.africatoyou.com/photos/SVB0616.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.africadirect.com/mangbetu-knife-currency-trombasc-wood-handle-congo-african-art-107143.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.africadirect.com/mangbetu-knife-currency-trombasc-wood-handle-congo-african-art-107143.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.africadirect.com/mangbetu-knife-currency-trombasc-wood-handle-congo-african-art-107143.html</a></p><p>&quot;Double edged and hooked blades such as this were carried by chiefs and social elites as indicators of their rank and prestige. They were given as gifts to visiting dignitaries and foreigners to mark visits or trade agreements. An early drawing by Schweinfurth dating to June, 1870 shows King Munsa holding a similar knife as a badge of office.&quot;</p><p><img src="https://www.hamillgallery.com/CURRENCY/MANGBETUCURRENCY/Mangbetu30u.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/CURRENCY/MANGBETUCURRENCY/Mangbetu30.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hamillgallery.com/CURRENCY/MANGBETUCURRENCY/Mangbetu30.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.hamillgallery.com/CURRENCY/MANGBETUCURRENCY/Mangbetu30.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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