Afar Jile

Emanuel · 23rd January 2007, 09:00 PM

Hello,
Here is my newest treasure, a Jile of the Afar people in Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is 56cm long overall, which is essentially short-sword length. The ones I've seen are the short dagger variety, but apparently there are also many of these longer ones as well. Can anyone tell whether this is made for the tourist/collector market of for local use? To me it looks like one from the pictures below, but one never knows. I haven't received it yet, so I'll post more pics when I do get it.
It's interesting how closely these resemble the Abyssinian shotel...but then they also recall the long Wahabyte jambiyas.

Emanuel

23rd January 2007, 09:00 PM	#1
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Afar Jile Hello, Here is my newest treasure, a Jile of the Afar people in Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia. It is 56cm long overall, which is essentially short-sword length. The ones I've seen are the short dagger variety, but apparently there are also many of these longer ones as well. Can anyone tell whether this is made for the tourist/collector market of for local use? To me it looks like one from the pictures below, but one never knows. I haven't received it yet, so I'll post more pics when I do get it. It's interesting how closely these resemble the Abyssinian shotel...but then they also recall the long Wahabyte jambiyas. Emanuel Attached Images