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thinreadline

15th October 2023 01:04 PM

DAGGER FOR ID

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Please excuse the poor photo , but I wondered if anyone can help me with the ID of this dagger please ?

Changdao

15th October 2023 02:04 PM

It looks West African to me. I'd say it is Mandinka but it is a broad guess.

Araña_del_Sol

15th October 2023 02:54 PM

Hi,

These types of daggers are commonly attributed to Mande speaking people groups of West Africa, my guess for a more specific ID would be Soninke or Malinke in Senegambia, Mauritania, and/or Mali.

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Sajen

15th October 2023 03:41 PM

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Yes, a Mandingo dagger. Here a pic of similar daggers, taken fom here: https://african-weapons.com/gallery?...agger-36-42-cm

thinreadline

15th October 2023 06:41 PM

thank you everyone for your help

G. Mansfield

18th October 2023 02:23 AM

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Here is a similiar one in my collection.

Marc M.

18th October 2023 03:16 PM

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Greetings

This is my example, no scabbard.

Best regards
Marc

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