Hi Lew,
thank you. Seems that the dagger's age is fairly consistant with the sellers claims
I also noticed the decoration around the loop is very similar on all the examples posted. ( your nice example, which I believe you posted before, is the reason why 'I wanted one', in the first place)
I've only got the sellers pics at present, will post better ones when it arrives.
How are these daggers held? I assume that these were stabbing weapons, rather than 'slashing'. I cannot find much info on the 'Tiv', all I know is they are from the Nigerian area.