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Jim McDougall · 1st October 2007, 05:09 AM

I agree with Lews observation on the ivory one...it is indeed very pretty!!
Any special significance I wonder?

I think these Mangbetu trumbash are extremely interesting as they seem almost true to form examples of the Egyptian khopsh. It is a fascinating thing to see such ethnographic weapons that must almost certainly derive from ancient iconography still used ceremonially in tribal cultures.

1st October 2007, 05:09 AM	#3
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,193	I agree with Lews observation on the ivory one...it is indeed very pretty!! Any special significance I wonder? I think these Mangbetu trumbash are extremely interesting as they seem almost true to form examples of the Egyptian khopsh. It is a fascinating thing to see such ethnographic weapons that must almost certainly derive from ancient iconography still used ceremonially in tribal cultures.