
Ceremonial Knife
Wide copper blade, in the form of an inverted cup that widens further at the base and rounds the bottom.
ARM-34
Text of the original catalogue
Etnia, from Central Africa, mainly in the Central African Republic and a few in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His language is Yakoma, a language from Ubangui, although they also speak Sango as well as their neighbors and relatives the Ngbandi. They seem to have come from Egypt through Ubangui-Chari, although some researchers say they come from Israel. On the occasion of the coup d'état of the 2001 demanded by the former President of the Republic, General Kolingba, of Yakoma ethnicity, and assisted by collaborators of the same ethnic group, a witch hunt is unleashed that forces 80.000 to leave the neighborhoods of Bangui. Christianity is the majority religion of the country, the 80%, mainly Protestants, followed by a 10% of Muslims would only be left 10 % for the animists. In fact, regardless of their religion, the 35% of the population engages in animistic practices.
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