Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A Fine and Fascinating SE African YAO Dagger

mahratt · 26th March 2020, 05:00 AM

Hello Charles

Congratulations! You have a beautiful knife.

This is undoubtedly a Yao knife from Africa. I think the handle is not made from ivory, but from a hippo tooth. Yao preferred this material for handles.

26th March 2020, 05:00 AM	#12
mahratt Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Russia Posts: 1,042	Hello Charles Congratulations! You have a beautiful knife. This is undoubtedly a Yao knife from Africa. I think the handle is not made from ivory, but from a hippo tooth. Yao preferred this material for handles.