UNÛ Prestigious African Weapons

UNÛ Prestigious African Weapons by Jacques Billen and Bruno Claessens.

Paperback in hard slipcase, 2021. Illustrated with 106 weapons displayed through 171 illustrations on 202 pages.

Limited numbered edition of 500, copy number 72, signed/inscribed by Jacques Billen on the first/title page.

In very good condition. Measures around 12 3/8" by 9 7/8" by 1" in slipcase. Some scuffing and a little damage to slipcase with some denting, also paper covering at upper and fore-edges a little creased, bumped and slightly coming away. Book itself very clean, only slight marking to spine and a small mark to front cover. Otherwise book is excellent, pages edges are clean and page surfaces contain no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.

UNÛ presents 106 exceptional prestige weapons in a luxurious publication celebrating the virtuosity of African blacksmiths. Carefully selected by Jacques Billen and Bruno Claessens, most of these knives, swords, and axes were never published before and among the best of their type. A most interesting addendum by Dominique Métral explores the Arabic inscriptions on Sudanese Mahdist arms, while Bruno Claessens explores the work of the Zande artist Songo. QR-codes in the inventory link to 3D presentations online of a selected group of weapons. UNÛ distances African weapons from their ethnographic and celebrates them as timeless works of Art in this sumptuous new must-have catalog