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sdmook
8th July 2015, 04:40 PM
First of all, hello!
My name is Sebastiaan Mook and I'm a small time collector of everything that looks cool to have.

I just bought a Hutu sickle sword/blade.
(the advert should be disappearing soon of the web, but it might still be there)



Its not this one, the handle is a little different, for the rest its identical.
The handle in my case if wrapped in rope.

What I would like to know, is the probable date of manufacture of these kind of weapons?
I have a hard time finding any good info about it on the web..

Kind regards,

Sebastiaan Mook
Ian
9th July 2015, 12:24 PM
Welcome Sebastian. I look forward to seeing pictures of your blade.

Ian.
sdmook
14th July 2015, 06:51 PM
Oh I kind of messed up with the pics the last post, but, it finally arrived so these are the right photo's!
I bought it for 30,- euro's. The seller could only tell me it was from Rwanda and that his uncle brought it with him a long time ago.
Sooo, how old can it be? And is it Hutu for certain?
sdmook
14th July 2015, 09:00 PM
Oh! I just found my knife/blade on the website of the Leids museum of... Folkstudies? (volkenkunde)

link! (http://www.volkenkunde.nl/collections/record.aspx?so=H4sIAAAAAAAEAO29B2AcSZYlJi9tynt_SvV K1-B0oQiAYBMk2JBAEOzBiM3mkuwdaUcjKasqgcplVmVdZhZAzO2d vPfee--999577733ujudTif33_8_XGZkAWz2zkrayZ4hgKrIHz9-fB8_In6NX_PX-DV-jf-bHvzE8xv9WvTPt49Xq9__pJrl42p2_nZy1VSj9Cfzuimq5Wc7Y _5vlJ6sy3Zd558t83VbZ-UofbmelMX098qv31Rv8-Vny3VZ_roA-xu9zrN6Ov9y8tP5tP2t6IPf8Pdv-JM3eb34jX__dVMsL-TL5jeUv55U1dvmN5Hfj6lhcZmbr77IZ0WmLz0tLorVevKby18n VVkSDMKx-fV-__OibtrfSPt5VuTl7Nf9_S-L_Oo3_v1XdX5ZVOsGf_26v39T1e2vr81-89-_rVaf59VFnZ0X-Qsa_m-KT3ic69r-_Wy9pF74-98Efwvq8ue0WqzK_J0M-Df8_dt53sjvvxF9ZdEztP41fx16fk16fu1f-9f-Nfn5DX7Ls2Wb18usbD75SULwzfUqbzAjQ5__Vu7z1zSUL-sZTVP3CyE2vYIv_pBf8_V10-aLsUev8ef5Mq-L6fh50bR_wO73vnfij0MGOEq_Kab4_vdvhcPrAji8IRJm63rdg MDfJA5_4C1QcN998zTAXPx6vzb-qa-y5SzD9P8av8YePvh1wBvf-nV_NYllbN7BPr_-ZVau89__9_81fgPAwf9_zf-dmv9qleRf91fRL1He6L-M59f93zrtLcvE2_96P4aPv_zJL8bHx8e_XuL-ePLr_Ybuj5Nf7zdyf3z-Y78x_fFjvwn--U3pn18Hf96KEX6WmZHn4PcvCIuG9EHxg_w3-P0vBRLNw28d6fx7PHe_wW_wY7-ZUgM0-nUwsFsN52eZrzcPJ9K5Hc5v7g8HU_RzLSIbh_JbdHu24_gtdBx 4fn2eI6Nwf53fMjKdeOvX_83DZhEycbPfImj2m3VRQJvf8P8BR L3bHlMHAAA1)
spiral
14th July 2015, 10:03 PM
Hello Sebastian!

Your link implies Equatorial guinea...

But I have no idea how widely this style may reign. :shrug:

spiral
sdmook
15th July 2015, 10:23 AM
Hello Sebastian!

Your link implies Equatorial guinea...

But I have no idea how widely this style may reign. :shrug:

spiral

Yeah, I noticed that some of these blades seem to be pretty wide spread.
Because I certainly saw Rwanda as its place of origin several times, but even within Rwanda a dozen tribes used them apparently.
spiral
15th July 2015, 10:46 PM
Yeah, I noticed that some of these blades seem to be pretty wide spread.
Because I certainly saw Rwanda as its place of origin several times, but even within Rwanda a dozen tribes used them apparently.

Indeed , I haven't checked but Id guess Equatorial guinea is near on 2000 miles from Rwanda?

Have you checked the pitt rivers collection? Id guess it may have some relevant pieces..

spiral