Zande Dagger For Comment

Mauro · 29th October 2011, 07:10 PM

you can find a similar knife attributed to the Nzakara-Bandia tribes at pg.170 of the book Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa. National Museum of Taiwan ISBN 978-986-01-8462-4 edit by Jeff Ge and Mark Felix and cuated by Jan Elsen. The form of the blade is slightly different but I saw similar blades in knives made in Khartum except the holes.

Iain · 29th October 2011, 07:14 PM

I believe a similar style of knife is also used by the MANGBETU in the Uele region (more results of my browse through the AMNH archives today - just do a search under Uele in their catalogs).

Mauro · 29th October 2011, 07:26 PM

Sometimes AMNH reports the place where one item has been collected but I noted that some attribution are surely wrong. I would trust more Elsen in this case although I would not exclude that also Mangbetu used similar knives

Iain · 29th October 2011, 07:41 PM

I Mauro, I would agree for sure. Sometimes their database has some collection notes but it is often wrong. I'm not expert enough in Congo items to give a real opinion.

29th October 2011, 07:10 PM	#1
Mauro Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 83	you can find a similar knife attributed to the Nzakara-Bandia tribes at pg.170 of the book Fatal Beauty: Traditional weapons from Central Africa. National Museum of Taiwan ISBN 978-986-01-8462-4 edit by Jeff Ge and Mark Felix and cuated by Jan Elsen. The form of the blade is slightly different but I saw similar blades in knives made in Khartum except the holes.

29th October 2011, 07:14 PM	#2
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,719	I believe a similar style of knife is also used by the MANGBETU in the Uele region (more results of my browse through the AMNH archives today - just do a search under Uele in their catalogs).

29th October 2011, 07:26 PM	#3
Mauro Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 83	Sometimes AMNH reports the place where one item has been collected but I noted that some attribution are surely wrong. I would trust more Elsen in this case although I would not exclude that also Mangbetu used similar knives

29th October 2011, 07:41 PM	#4
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,719	I Mauro, I would agree for sure. Sometimes their database has some collection notes but it is often wrong. I'm not expert enough in Congo items to give a real opinion.