African swords for ID

Duccio · 7th July 2021, 11:00 PM

Hi,
I think Marc is right: the first is definitely Konda and the second is definitely Yaka; I'm pretty sure the bottom left knife is a Kuba, the handle decoration is typical.
You can see a very similar one on the site of "Memoire africaine"
http://www.memoire-africaine.com/armes2.html
The last is more difficult: the scabbard seems to have been made from the tail of a small crocodile, so it could be from Sudanese area, probably the hypothesis that it is Ingessana (or Fur) is correct.
In the archive of Ethan Rider's photographs you can see a knife with a practically identical hilt, the blade instead is a little different.
https://ertribal.com/index.php/triba...ngessana-sudan
Greetings to all.

7th July 2021, 11:00 PM	#5
Duccio Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Florence, Italy Posts: 64	Hi, I think Marc is right: the first is definitely Konda and the second is definitely Yaka; I'm pretty sure the bottom left knife is a Kuba, the handle decoration is typical. You can see a very similar one on the site of "Memoire africaine" http://www.memoire-africaine.com/armes2.html The last is more difficult: the scabbard seems to have been made from the tail of a small crocodile, so it could be from Sudanese area, probably the hypothesis that it is Ingessana (or Fur) is correct. In the archive of Ethan Rider's photographs you can see a knife with a practically identical hilt, the blade instead is a little different. https://ertribal.com/index.php/triba...ngessana-sudan Greetings to all.