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7th March 2008, 09:38 PM
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It could be a native blade. Or perhaps native finished. I would not like to suggest that native smiths were lacking. However it does appear to me that it is steel that has been through the mill so to speak, I could well be wrong. It is also more than possible that trade went east west as much as west east. Zanzibar is a long way away from Mali and the "Manding".
Last edited by Tim Simmons; 7th March 2008 at 09:51 PM. |
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