Interesting African Arm Dagger

Kubur · 18th August 2019, 08:42 AM

Stu is right, Beja used these daggers too and they were close to the Red Sea, so Yemen is an option.

Now Africans know and do filigree and they are excellent in Chad, it's the reason why I think your dagger is from Darfur.

For my blade, in fact you have 2 kind of blades for these daggers:
the one that you posted and the one that I posted.
Some forum members are experts and they will be better than me to explain.
Here some examples from the end of the 19th c.

18th August 2019, 08:42 AM	#5
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Stu is right, Beja used these daggers too and they were close to the Red Sea, so Yemen is an option. Now Africans know and do filigree and they are excellent in Chad, it's the reason why I think your dagger is from Darfur. For my blade, in fact you have 2 kind of blades for these daggers: the one that you posted and the one that I posted. Some forum members are experts and they will be better than me to explain. Here some examples from the end of the 19th c. Attached Images