Freddy
15th June 2007, 08:33 PM
I recently bought this sickle knife. After some research, I found this information : It's dance sickle from the Dadiya tribe living in Nigeria. This is a small tribe counting about 4000 people.
The Dadiya make forged iron ceremonial weapons, used by young men in their coming of age festival kal. This is called a 'jen'nyi' dance sickle.
This piece is completely made out of iron and has a geometric design on one side of the blade. It's not sharp.
Total length : 37,5 cm. Length of blade : 14,5 cm
Anyone seen one before ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/keris_hanuman/Afbeelding2524.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/keris_hanuman/Afbeelding2526.jpg
The Dadiya make forged iron ceremonial weapons, used by young men in their coming of age festival kal. This is called a 'jen'nyi' dance sickle.
This piece is completely made out of iron and has a geometric design on one side of the blade. It's not sharp.
Total length : 37,5 cm. Length of blade : 14,5 cm
Anyone seen one before ?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/keris_hanuman/Afbeelding2524.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/keris_hanuman/Afbeelding2526.jpg