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Sajen 19th January 2013 02:04 PM
Unusual arm dagger, from where?
 
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Just have bought one more arm dagger, nothing spectacular but think that it will look after some cleaning nice. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Dagg...vip=true&rt=nc
All comments are welcome, special from which tribe this dagger coming and an estimated age.

Lew 19th January 2013 03:08 PM
Tebu tribe. :)

Sajen 19th January 2013 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Lew
Tebu tribe. :)
My first thought also but due to the lack of that steel skull crusher pommel I have had my doubts. :shrug:

Sajen 30th January 2013 08:33 PM
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Have received the dagger, it has a steel pommel so Lew is correct. it is rather small and the arm loop just will fit at a child arm so I think it's made for a young boy. Here some fast taken pictures after cleaning.

Iain 30th January 2013 10:34 PM
Nice piece, while it conforms to the Tebu style I would just note that in the 20th century this has become a very general Sahel style and can be observed outside the Tebu people group. :)

Sajen 30th January 2013 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Iain
Nice piece, while it conforms to the Tebu style I would just note that in the 20th century this has become a very general Sahel style and can be observed outside the Tebu people group. :)

Ian, thank you very much for this very interesting information. :)

Regards,

Detlef


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