This page has been prepared not only in order to document Lew's achievement as a collector but also to hopefully serve as a useful visual aid to help new and casual collectors identify items they encounter.

Africa
Northern Africa & The Sahara
1002 - Moroccan Koummya Dagger	1042 - Moroccan Berber Shula Knife
1007 - North African (Moroccan) Nimcha	176 - Saharan Tuareg Takouba Sword
1031 - Fine Old Saharan Tuareg Telek Arm Dagger	1147 - African Saharan Tuareg Knife with Silver Mountings in Agadez Style
4 - Khodmi or Bou Saadi Knife from Southern Algeria	1119 - Khodmi or Bou Saadi Knife from Southern Algeria
43 - African Sahara Tebu Tribe Dagger	44 - African Sahara Tebu Tribe Dagger, Mid 20th Century
1148 - African Sahara Tebu Tribe Dagger
1054 - Large Saharan Tebu (Toubu, Toubou) Knife or Short Sword	1123 - Long Double Edged Dagger with Decorated Hilt and Scabbard
West Africa
109 - African Manding Tribe Powder Horn, Late 19th Century	128 - West African Manding Dagger, mid 20th Century
108 - African Manding Sword	107 - African Kirdi Culture Sword, Late 19th Century
48 - West African Hausa Tribe Dagger, Mid 20th Century	1070 - West African Hausa Arm Dagger with Sheath
1059 - West African Batammaliba Tribe Buckler (Small Shield)	170 - African Sengese Sickle Throwing Knife
6 - West African Tiv Tribe Archer's Loop Dagger, c. 1900	196 - West African Tiv Tribe Archer's Loop Dagger
155 - West African All Steel Throwing Lance/Spear with Leather Sheath for Blade, Dan Tribe, Ivory Coast	1156 - West African Lobi Tribe Figural Slingshot
1160 - West African Lobi Tribe Figural Slingshot	1162 - West African Lobi Tribe Figural Slingshot
1161 - West African Lobi Tribe Figural Slingshot	1163 - West African Lobi Tribe Figural Slingshot
1010 - West African Fon Peoples Hand Axe (Hatchet) with Christian Engraved Motif on Blade	1013 - African Baule Tribe Battle Dagger / Short Sword
1009 - African Machete or Sword with Brass Wire Decorated Hilt & Leather Scabbard	1044 - African Leather Covered Scepter with Dagger Inside
East Africa
102 - Sudanese Kaskara with 'Andre Ferara' Marked Blade	154 - Sudanese Beja Peoples Kaskara Sword, late 19th Century
1018 - East African Kaskara Broadsword with Scabbard & Sling	1005 - Sudanese Kaskara Sword, 20th Century
103 - Sudanese Arm Dagger with Silver Trim	105 - East African Sudanese Arm Dagger with Silver Alloy Hilt Trim, Dated 1318 AH
1141 - East African Sudanese Arm Dagger with Silver Decoration	1143 - East African Sudanese Dagger with Sheath
1146 - East African Sudanese Arm Dagger with Sheath	42 - East African Sudanese Arm Dagger, Mid 20th Century
1145 - East African Sudanese Arm Dagger with Sheath	106 - East African Sudanese Arm Dagger with Silver Alloy Trim
219 - Sudanese Arm Dagger with Silver Trim	1144 - East African Dagger from File with Sheath
1071 - African Arm Dagger with Sheath	1140 - East African Beja Tribe Dagger
1139 - East African Beja Tribe X-Hilt Straight Dagger with Sheath	1137 - East African Beja Tribe X-Hilt Straight Dagger with Sheath
112 - East African Beja Tribe X-Hilt Dagger with Sheath	1136 - East African Curved Beja Tribe X-Hilt Dagger with Sheath
225 - African Beja Tribe 'X-hilt' Dagger	224 - East African Beja Hadendoa Tribe 'X-Hilt' Hooked Blade Variant Dagger
1138 - East African Beja Tribe X-Hilt Hooked-Blade Variant Dagger with Sheath	1118 - Decorated Blade from an East African Beja Hadendoa 'Hooked Blade' Dagger
195 - Large East African Sudanese Spear, Mahdist Revolt Era	1053 - Large East African Mahdist Revolt Era Spearhead Remounted as a Dagger
150 - East African or Beja Tribe Spear, late 19th to early 20th Century	149 - East African Spear, late 19th Century
117 - East African (Somali) Leather Gaschan Shield, Late 19th to Early 20th Century	111 - East African (Somali) Leather Shield with Inked Design
1021 - African Danakil (Ethiopia) Large Dagger and Sheath
17 - East African Somali Bilao Dagger, c.1890s	22 - African Somali Sword, Late 19th Century
35 - East African Somali Short Sword / Dagger	1063 - East African Somali Dagger with Sheath and Belt
23 - African Masai Seme (Ol Alem) Sword, Steel with Leather Grip and Scabbard	1017 - African Masai Seme (Ol Alem) Short Sword with Leather Grip and Scabbard
1033 - African Masai Seme (Ol Alem) Short Sword
86 - African Wooden Masai Club Formed From a Root Ball	1045 - East African Masai Bi-colored Wooden Club
78 - African Gogo Tribe Club	79 - African Gogo Tribe Wooden Club, Mid 20th Century
88 - African Gogo Tribe Club, Mid 20th Century	169 - Small African Gogo Hunting Club, First Half 20th Century
1041 - African Turkana Tribe (Kenya) Wood Club
188 - African Turkana Tribe Ararait Wrist Knife	1150 - Turkana Tribe Ngigolio Finger Knives (2)
1046 - African Wooden Ceremonial Implement / Club with a 'Janus' Back to Back Male / Female Figure	186 - African Small Wooden Shield (Buckler)
1058 - 'Torpedo' Shaped Dinka Club	243 - African Dinka Tribe Spear, early 20th Century
Central & Middle Africa
145 - African Nkundu/Lobala Chieftan's Sword	172 - African Iron Axe with Wood Shaft and Aluminum Trim, circa 1940
147 - Kuba Tribe (African Congo) Ikula Knife with Iron Blade	146 - Kuba Tribe (African Congo) with Copper Blade and Metal Inlaid Wooden Handle
119 - African Boa / Azande Tribe Dagger / Short Sword	143 - African Boa tribe of central Zaire short sword, handle bound with copper strips
168 - African Boa Tribe Long Sword	114 - African Boa Tribe Short Sword / Dagger
1011 - Central African Shi Tribe (Zaire) Double-Edged Iron Sword with Wood Scabbard	193 - African Shi-Havu (Congo) Short Sword
185 - African Konda Tribe (Congo) Short Sword, Early 20th Century	115 - African Congo Salampasu Short Sword, First Half 20th Century
116 - African Congo Konda Chief's Dagger	179 - African Congo Ngbandi / Azande Curved Sword
148 - African Congo Large Spear, late 19th to early 20th Century	151 - African Congo Azande Tribe Spear, late 19th Century
1055 - Central African (Zaire) Throwing Knife	1056 - Small African Dagger with Fur and Leather Covered Mountings
96 - African Congo Tschokwe Tribe Axe, Late 19th Century	113 - African Tetela Region Kusu Tribe (Congo) Dagger
1080 - African Tetela Region Kusu or Sungu Tribe Dagger	1027 - African Tetela Region Kusu or Sungu Tribe Dagger with Long Copper-Clad Hilt
229 - African Tetela Tribe Spiked Hilt Dagger	123 - African Congo Tetela Dagger with Wood Mounts and Iron Pommel
178 - African Congo Songye Axe	97 - African Songye Axe with Copper-Clad Haft
187 - African Magbetu Tribe Trumbash	231 - African (Congo) Mangbetu Trumbash (Sickle Knife)
1151 - African Spearhead / Javelin Head
Southern Africa
230 - African Ovambo dagger, circa 1940s, with Wooden Mounts	153 - African Congo Spear, late 19th to early 20th Century
124 - African Shona Dagger with Copper Wire Braiding	207 - African Shona Small Dagger with Brass Wire Decorated Sheath
228 - Shona Dagger with High Relief Carved Wood Mounts, Late 19th Century	1025 - African Dagger, possibly Shona
1048 - African Javelin (Throwing Spear)	1052 - African Spear with Spiral Wrapped Blade and End Piece Ferrules
98 - African Venda or Tsonga Stabbing Battleaxe, Late 19th Century	100 - African Tschwana or Zulu Tribe Axe, Late 19th Century
215 - Swazi or Zulu Iklwa (Assegai) Stabbing Spear with Wire Wrapping and Fur Hide Grip	1051 - African Zulu or Swazi Iklwa (Assegai) Stabbing Spear
177 - Zulu Iklwa (Assegai) Short Stabbing Spear, circa 1980	1050 - Antique African Zulu Chief's Staff
76 - African Zulu Knobkerrie (club), late 19th Century	77 - African Zulu Knobkerrie Club
85 - African Zulu Wooden Club, Mid 20th Century	218 - African Zulu Knobkerrie Club with Egg-Shaped Head, mid 20th Century
82 - Zulu Knobkerrie Club with Faceted Head, Early 20th Century	84 - Xhosa or Zulu Club with 'Eagle Claw' Head, 1st Half of 20th Century
83 - Xhosa or Zulu Wooden Club, Early to Mid 20th Century	210 - African Zulu Small Head Knobkerrie Club with Wire Wrappings, Late 19th Century
75 - African Zulu Bi-colored Wood Knobkerrie Club, Early 20th Century	202 - African Zulu Offset Knobkerrie Club, Late 19th Century
238 - African Zulu Knobkerrie Staff (37 inches) with Wire Bands, late 19th to Early 20th Century	239 - African Zulu Knobkerrie, Bi-Colored Wood, late 19th to early 20th Century
221 - Swazi or Zulu Wood War Club with Carved Head	226 - African Zulu Long War Club with Iron Studs in Head, Late 19th Century
1043 - Short Handled Knobkerrie with a Large Head	1038 - African Wood Knobkerrie Club Variant with Fluted Carved Head
1040 - African Human Head Figural Club	87 - Wooden Club, probably African, mid-20th century
89 - Zulu Wooden Dance Spear / Club	101 - African Venda Tribe Small Axe, circa 1900
Asia
Middle East
16 - Syrian Druze Majdal Shams Jambiya Dagger, 20th Century	49 - Southern Iraqi Jambiya Dagger
223 - Persian Wootz Damascus Jambiya Dagger, 19th Century	160 - Jambiya / Khanjar Dagger from Hijaz Region (Saudi Arabia)
227 - Large Saudi (Arabian) Jambiya with Brass Trimmed Hilt, Early 20th Century	1024 - Arabian Dharia or Jambiya Dagger with Sheath
1036 - Fine Arabian Jambiya Dagger with Intricate Silver Mounts	1117 - Arabian Shafra with Decorated Silver Hilt
1032 - Modern Yemeni Thouma Dagger & Belt	1061 - Arabian Jambiya with Cast Gray Metal Hilt
163 - Yemeni Jambiya with Silver Overlaid Horn Hilt	1064 - Arabian Jambiya Dagger with Ersatz Coins - Recent
1026 - Arabian Jambiya Knife with Silver Decorated Hilt	1120 - Yemeni Jambiya with "White Metal" Decorated Horn Hilt
1121 - Yemeni Jambiya with Encased and Silver Alloy Decorated Hilt	1122 - Yemeni Jambiya with White Metal Decorated Dark Horn Hilt
1158 - Dismounted Plated Jambiya Blade
Western & Central Asia
1020 - Single-Edged 'Eared' Pommel Dagger from Ottoman Region with Sheath
South Asia
90 - Small Tulwar Sword with Mechanical Damascus Blade with a Gold Koftgari Inscription	91 - Tulwar Hilted Sword with Kirach Style Mechanical Damascus Blade
92 - Tulwar Sword with Fluted Silvered Hilt	93 - Mughal Tulwar with Gold Decoration Over an Iron Hilt
94 - Tulwar with Bikaner Armory (Rajasthan, India) Markings, circa 1850	1015 - Tulwar with Bikaner Armoury (Rajasthan, India) Marking
167 - Southern Indian Style Tulwar Sword with Brass Animal Head Hilt	220 - Long Tulwar Sword with Silvered Hilt
25 - Indian Wootz (Damascus) Katar Dagger, Mid 19th Century	26 - Indian Wootz (Damascus) Katar Dagger
27 - Southern Indian Katar Dagger with Copper Alloy Hilt	28 - Indian (Mysore) Katar Dagger, 18th Century
251 - Indian Wootz (Damascus) Katar (Jamadhar) Dagger	252 - Southern Indian katar with European blade
253 - Indian Wootz (Damascus) Katar (Jamadhar) Dagger with Sheath	254 - Northern Indian Katar with Wootz Blade, 19th Century
1022 - Indian Steel Katar Dagger with Sheath	1112 - Indian Wootz (Damascus) Katar (Jamadhar) Dagger with Old Sheath
1113 - Indian Katar (Jamadhar) Dagger with Inserted Layered Armor Piercing Tip	1116 - Indian Small Knife with Copper Alloy Hilt Scales
1114 - Khyber Knife with Brass Bolster, Horn Hilt and an Old Sheath	127 - Khyber knife, blade inscribed Razmak 1930
133 - Large Khyber Knife	19 - Indian or Afgani Pesh-kabz Dagger, 20th Century
246 - Nepalese Kukri Knife with Well Patinated Stag Horn Hilt in Sheath with Two Small Knives	1134 - Chakmak (3) and Karda (1) - Accessory Khukuri Blades
1072 - Khukuri Inscribed 'EFR Dakka 1935' on Hilt Cap	1066 - Military Style Khukuri Knife with Sheath
1067 - Nepalese Khukuri Knife with Two Accesssory Knives & Sheath - Recent	1065 - Nepalese Khukuri Knife with Sheath & Accessory Knife - Recent
1082 - Modern Nepalese Khukuri (Kukri) with Horn Grip and Leather Sheath	1003 - Khukuri knife
18 - Bhutanese Dozum Dagger	1034 - Bhutanese Patang Dagger with 'Hairpin' Pattern-Welded Blade
Far East
1001 - Sword Dao	1035 - Southeast Asian (Burmese?) Dha Knife with Silver Mounts
189 - Vietnamese knife, dated 1965
72 - Bugis Keris with Layer Forged 'Singing' Blade	73 - Bugis Keris, with features suggesting origin in North Malaysian State of Terengganu
Philippines
249 - Philippine Kalinga Chief's 'Head-Hunting' Axe from Central Luzon Highlands	1049 - Philippine Igorot Bontoc (Northern Luzon) Falfeg Barbed War Spear
1023 - Northern Philippine Talibon Knife	66 - Philippine Talibon Knife with Wooden Hilt & Sheath, Mid 20th Century
1019 - 'Talibong' Sword / Machete from the Philippines with Wood Scabbard	1030 - Philippine Machete with Rattan Wrapped Wood Hilt & Scabbard
20 - Philippine Luzon 'Bowie' Knife, circa 1930 - 1940	21 - Philippine Luzon 'Bowie' Knife
1133 - Philippine Knife Marked 'Philippines 1945' with Horn Hilt decorated with Aluminum & Brass	63 - Philippine Large Bowie Knife with Horn & Brass Hilt and Wooden Sheath, Early to Mid 20th Century
68 - Philippine Bowie Knife with Leather Sheath, 20th Century	300 - Philippine Dog-Headed Bolo
64 - Philippine Bolo Knife with Horn & Brass Hilt and Leather Sheath, WWII Era	67 - Philippine Bolo Knife with Figural Carved Horn Hilt & Sheath, WWII Era
1074 - Philippine Working Bolo Knife with Sheath	1132 - Philippine Bolo with Saber Type Hilt, Inscribed 31st Inf & 1918
1076 - Philippine Bolo Knife with Leather Sheath	1078 - Philippine Bolo Knife with Leather Sheath
1068 - Philippine Clip Point Bowie Style Bolo Knife with Sheath	1073 - Philippine Working Cleaver / Knife with Sheath
191 - Philippine Bolo Knife with Sheath, mid 20th Century	1069 - Philippine Bolo Utility Knife with Wooden Sheath
1079 - Philippine Heavy Bolo Knife with Unusual Mounts and Wooden Scabbard	1077 - Philippine Bolo Utility Knife with Wooden Sheath
1128 - Philippine Bolo Knife with a Wooden Dog's Head Profile Hilt	61 - Philippine Bolo with Laminated Blade and Brass & Horn Hilt, early 20th Century
1075 - Philippine Bolo Knife with Leather Sheath	1029 - Philippine Single Edged Knife with Brass Crossguard and Trim
1124 - Mildly Curved Single Edge Knife with Leather Sheath	1125 - Philippine Dagger with Brass and Horn Hilt and Leather Sheath
1126 - Philippine Islands Dagger with Brass, Horn and Bone Hilt	1127 - Philippine Ilocano Dagger with Wavy Blade and Horn and Silver Mounts
2 - Moro Punal or Gunong Dagger	248 - Moro Chief's Punal Dagger
1106 - Philippine Moro Punal or Gunong Dagger	1107 - Philippine Moro Punal or Gunong Dagger with Sheath having a WWII Inscription
138 - Philippine Barong (Barung) with Laminated Steel Blade & Wood Mounts with a Silver Ferrule	1014 - Philippine Barong with Silver Hilt Ferrule
140 - Moro Kris with Slightly Curved Laminated Blade also with Iron Inlays
Indonesia
184 - Indonesian Golok Machete, circa 1900	126 - Indonesian Parrot Head Golok Machete with Horn Trim and Hilt
57 - Indonesian Parrot Head Hilted Knife	1103 - Indonesian Badek with Wooden Hilt having a Silver Ferrule and Wooden Sheath
129 - Indonesian Golok Machete (Large Knife) with a Horn Hilt	166 - Indonesian Short Sword, Pedang Lurus, circa 1960s
51 - Indonesian Knife with Layered Blade and a Horn Hilt c. 1890s	56 - Indonesian Knife, c.1920s
132 - Sumatran Pedang Saber with a Laminated Steel Blade	137 - Sumatran Pedang with Fine Pamor Blade and Horn Hilt
181 - Sumatran Aceh Sikin Panjang	1102 - Sumatran Aceh Hulu Meucangee Rencong Dagger with a Horn Hilt
1016 - Sumatran Keris Penjang (Execution) Sword with Simple Variant Hilt	1101 - Sumatran Sewar with Floral Carved Horn Hilt & Scabbard Mouth
141 - Balinese / Lombak Sword, Straight, Double-edged with Silver Alloy Mountings	1109 - Balinese Naga (Serpent) Keris with Layered Blade
1081 - Indonesian Lading Terus Dagger in Wooden Burl Mountings	53 - Indonesian Tumbak (Spear) Blade Mounted as a Dagger
59 - Indonesian Palembang Sumatran Keris Dagger, Early 20th Century	1105 - Bugis Keris with Embossed Silver Decoration Covering the Hilt and Scabbard
142 - Balinese Keris Sword with Mechanical Damascus Blade
1057 - Indonesian Kalimantan (Borneo) Mandau Machete / Short Sword, Recent	1104 - Indonesian Dayak Curved Double Edged Dagger with Wooden Hilt
1083 - Unmounted Wavy Keris Blade with Small Beast Figure at the Base	1084 - Unmounted Straight Keris Blade
1085 - Five Dismounted Wooden Keris Dagger Hilts	1108 - Dismounted Wooden Keris Dagger Hilts (2) and an Orphan Mendak
1086 - Three 'Orphaned' Keris Mendaks
1006 - Bali (Indonesian) Hanuman Keris Holder (modern)	1062 - Two Keris Scabbards
	1037 - Hanuman Keris Holder - modern (detail)
Oceania
74 - Fijian Hardwood Throwing Club, 19th Century	1004 - Fijian Kiakavo Dina Club
211 - Australian Aboriginal Throwing Stick	208 - Australian Aboriginal Throwing Club
Europe & Elsewhere
8 - Bosnian Bichaq Knife with Decorated Bone Hilt, c. 1890	5 - Canary Islands 'Naife' Knife, 20th Century
1039 - Irish Shillelagh Wooden Walking Stick (Cane) Formed from Trunk and Branch	1060 - Heavy Single Edge Knife with a Brass Forefinger Ring Guard
1129 - Small Utility Knife
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