According to Dr. Lloyd Cabot Briggs, "European Blades in Tuareg Swords and Daggers", Vol.V, #2, 1965, p.58, these parallel crescent moon marks are termed locally 'dukari' and copied from similar marks used on earlier blades from Europe. These local versions of the blades are I believe termed 'masri', and I am still trying to find the original reference on that.
As noted, a native version of one of these blades, and probably 20th c.
All best regards,
Jim
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