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Lew
1st December 2005, 02:04 AM
Hi All

I just picked up this sword from a fellow formite. It seems to be a North African style sword with a 24" blade. Does anyone have a clue which tribe made this? I also noticed that many years ago some idiot commited an atrocity and drilled a small hole through the hilt and blade probably to mount it on a wall :eek: but it is still a very nice sword and much worthy of display :).

Lew

Luc LEFEBVRE
25th February 2006, 09:13 AM
It looks like one of mine witch come from the Mandara mountains, North-Cameroon, region of the Kirdi.
The handle is made of horn.

In the 2 exemples on my website, the blade is enlarge at his middle part.
http://lulef.free.fr/html/kirdi_2.html

More about Mandara:
http://www.mandaras.info/EthnicGroups.html

Luc

Another exemple with the same blade: