Pair of Central African knives

Araña_del_Sol · 29th September 2023, 11:12 PM

Hi, the smaller one is a crownless throwing knife of the Banda people, Banda throwing knives seem to all be referred to as "Ondo" although there is a considerable amount of diversity among them. The longer piece is a type of sickle sword which, as Changdao suggested, may be Ngbandi in origin in which case it would be called "Bero" though other neighboring people groups could have produced/used this variety as well.

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29th September 2023, 11:12 PM	#3
Araña_del_Sol Member Join Date: Oct 2018 Posts: 54	Hi, the smaller one is a crownless throwing knife of the Banda people, Banda throwing knives seem to all be referred to as "Ondo" although there is a considerable amount of diversity among them. The longer piece is a type of sickle sword which, as Changdao suggested, may be Ngbandi in origin in which case it would be called "Bero" though other neighboring people groups could have produced/used this variety as well. -ADS