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8th January 2007, 12:15 PM
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African knife for comment
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8th January 2007, 12:44 PM
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Hi Lew,
interesting knife......so you don't believe the sellers explaination  I certainly see your point.....does look to be African......Congo maybe 
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8th January 2007, 06:25 PM
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Hi Lew, on Tribal Arms Monograph n.3 there are the knives attached that are similar to yours especially the number 21 and are attributed to the Topoke and are called trumbush, mambele, nambele, dupa. On Ijzerwerk van Centraal-Afrika, Westerdijk attributed some similar knives to the mangbetu (i will post a pic later). To be honest i don't kow how near are the mangbetu and the topoke.
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8th January 2007, 07:19 PM
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Thanks Flavio
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8th January 2007, 07:29 PM
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Hi Lew the two tribes are not so neighbouring... I think your knife is more mangbetu or of a linked tribe.
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8th January 2007, 09:42 PM
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Sugar cane or pineapple knife.
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