Another African Dagger To Identify?

Lew · 17th June 2005, 04:27 AM

Hi Guys

The auction is over what is it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6538691237

Lew

tom hyle · 17th June 2005, 01:45 PM

The loop on the sheath looks to be for a round-section arm belt?
The blade is similar to a more commonly seen larger sword, but I don't recall the tribe/region.......

Conogre · 17th June 2005, 04:01 PM

Nice find, Lew.
My first impulse is to say that it's a variant of the Tebu knives, with the sheath and blade very similar, and it does look as if it may have been an arm knife while the hilt is definitely a little different, keeping in mind that there are many more tribes in the region than than the larger groups that we normally see.
On the other hand, that same blade shape is found down in the Congo as well, so it's only an educated guess at best.
Mike

Lew · 21st June 2005, 03:10 AM

Hi Guys

Well I took a better picture of the dagger in question. I also looked through a few books and on the web. I do think it is an arm dagger of sorts but it's not Tebu due to the lack of that steel skull crusher pommel. It doesn't strike me as Sudanese either ? The scabbard is wood covered in leather similar to Salampasu weapons and the blade and hilt resemble a Mbuun sword found on page 64 in Spring's book on African weapons. The hilt has a conical shape at the pommel which I have seen on knives from Zaire.

Lew

17th June 2005, 04:27 AM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Another African Dagger To Identify? Hi Guys The auction is over what is it? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6538691237 Lew

21st June 2005, 03:10 AM	#4
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Hi Guys Well I took a better picture of the dagger in question. I also looked through a few books and on the web. I do think it is an arm dagger of sorts but it's not Tebu due to the lack of that steel skull crusher pommel. It doesn't strike me as Sudanese either ? The scabbard is wood covered in leather similar to Salampasu weapons and the blade and hilt resemble a Mbuun sword found on page 64 in Spring's book on African weapons. The hilt has a conical shape at the pommel which I have seen on knives from Zaire. Lew Attached Images Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 21st June 2005 at 05:57 PM.

17th June 2005, 01:45 PM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	The loop on the sheath looks to be for a round-section arm belt? The blade is similar to a more commonly seen larger sword, but I don't recall the tribe/region.......

17th June 2005, 04:01 PM	#3
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	Nice find, Lew. My first impulse is to say that it's a variant of the Tebu knives, with the sheath and blade very similar, and it does look as if it may have been an arm knife while the hilt is definitely a little different, keeping in mind that there are many more tribes in the region than than the larger groups that we normally see. On the other hand, that same blade shape is found down in the Congo as well, so it's only an educated guess at best. Mike