Beautiful Swazi Axe
Length 41 inches | Blade 18 inches
(copper weave binding)
'isezeze/siheme'
Hlo Hlo region (Swaziland)
$800.00
Swazi Ceremonial Axe; Between sixty and eighty years old. The blade may be older. When the owner dies, normally the wooden shaft would be broken at the grave. Then the son will use the blade to make a new axe. |