Help to ID this Congolese weapon

Luc LEFEBVRE · 26th March 2009, 11:41 PM

Hi Louis-Pierre,
Your model is not typical of the Luba style, look at the handle, specific blade forged with facets on the pics joined.
Luc

LPCA · 27th March 2009, 07:51 AM

Bonjour, Luc.

You are right. the forge is not the same, not tribal patterns.
The forge with facets is specific and signs the membership in a tribe.

What's a pity is that i saw the sane knife with reference to its tribe and i loose this documentation. What's sure is that this blade is congolese, ... but from which tribe...

I hope that one forumite wil give the key of that enigm.

Anyway, thanks a lot for your help and cheers to your excellent website.

Amicalement.
Louis-Pierre

26th March 2009, 11:41 PM	#1
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 473	Hi Louis-Pierre, Your model is not typical of the Luba style, look at the handle, specific blade forged with facets on the pics joined. Luc Attached Images

27th March 2009, 07:51 AM	#2
LPCA Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toulouse - FRANCE Posts: 83	Bonjour, Luc. You are right. the forge is not the same, not tribal patterns. The forge with facets is specific and signs the membership in a tribe. What's a pity is that i saw the sane knife with reference to its tribe and i loose this documentation. What's sure is that this blade is congolese, ... but from which tribe... I hope that one forumite wil give the key of that enigm. Anyway, thanks a lot for your help and cheers to your excellent website. Amicalement. Louis-Pierre