TRIP TO MADAGASCAR ISLAND

Luc LEFEBVRE · 1st June 2008, 04:20 PM

Go to AMNH site:
http://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/...ica_public.htm

choice Madagascar & knife

Luc

Luc LEFEBVRE · 1st June 2008, 04:35 PM

But I think the nicest knife from Madagascar is this kind of from the BARA people.
You can see a man sitting on the handle with a zebu and a crocodile, which are the reincarnation of ancestors, there is also a duck at the pommel, this bird is the intercessor between the life & death and a fecondity symbol.
Note that in this knife the blade is not in the axe of the handle.
Made of bronze and iron.

Luc

1st June 2008, 04:35 PM	#2
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 473	But I think the nicest knife from Madagascar is this kind of from the BARA people. You can see a man sitting on the handle with a zebu and a crocodile, which are the reincarnation of ancestors, there is also a duck at the pommel, this bird is the intercessor between the life & death and a fecondity symbol. Note that in this knife the blade is not in the axe of the handle. Made of bronze and iron. Luc Attached Images

1st June 2008, 04:20 PM	#1
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 473	Go to AMNH site: http://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/...ica_public.htm choice Madagascar & knife Luc