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20th January 2009, 10:31 PM
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Location: California, USA
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African sword ID
I recently purchased this sword from ebay, it has not arrived yet but the seller had good pictures of it. Also the seller listed it as possibly Ngbandi or Yakoma but I do not have the expertise to distinguish. Help in identifying it will be greatly appreciated.
 http://i3.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/1b/60/a236_3.JPG http://i12.ebayimg.com/01/i/001/1b/60/a13b_3.JPG http://i4.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/1b/60/a2ec_3.JPG http://i8.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/1b/60/a36b_3.JPG http://i21.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/1b/60/a0c7_3.JPG |
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21st January 2009, 03:46 PM
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Location: East Coast USA
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Who was the seller??
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21st January 2009, 05:10 PM
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Location: What is still UK
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Looks nice. This is the only info I have but the French and Belgian members have very good reference. This info is from an inexpensive pbk "Armes traditionnelles d'Afrique {dagues, poignards, glaives, epees, tranchet et couperets} Where it is said that these are varried forms of knife from Ngbandi, Yakoma, Ngombe, Doko, pretty much what your seller said. I like it when there are maps to help info.
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22nd January 2009, 12:04 AM
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I can not thank you enough Tim Simmons, that was very helpful.
to LOUIEBLADES, the seller was mapico1. |
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22nd January 2009, 01:59 AM
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If Danny aka Mapico tells you its Ngbandi or Yakoma than you can bank on that description. You did well.Congrats Lew |
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22nd January 2009, 05:43 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium)
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Yep. Rely on Mapico...he knows his stuff.
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