Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - African Non-weapon, please can anyone ID origin and symbolism

fernando · 5th December 2009, 04:56 PM

Hi David,
To my poor eyes and worse knowledge, it looks like lost wax work, similar to the looking of ceremonial daggers, like those from the Adamaua tribes
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=adamaua
Tim Simmons would most probably know.
I don't

But i like it.
Fernando

5th December 2009, 04:56 PM	#2
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,642	Hi David, To my poor eyes and worse knowledge, it looks like lost wax work, similar to the looking of ceremonial daggers, like those from the Adamaua tribes http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=adamaua Tim Simmons would most probably know. I don't But i like it. Fernando