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					Originally Posted by Battara
					
				 
				The scabbard finial looks like it is Tuareg.  Did they use the takouba as well? 
			
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 Yes, the form is typical for the entire western Sahel and deep into West and Central Africa. Here's a rough range map I threw together. If anything the range is a bit larger than that.