Whistlinbill's Collection #4: African

Mauro · 17th February 2012, 11:58 PM

These are the attribution resulting from the last book of Mark Felix and Jan Elsen Fatal Beauty.Traditional weapons from central Africa- Taipei exibition. They are among the greatest experts for african weapons.
AF6 - Ngombè-Poto; AF7 – Masai post ca.1950; AF8 – Kete or Bena Lulua (different attribution in different books but your is a nice examples with a nice handle): AF9 – AF10 Ngombè - (may be also Ngala. they are non so different); AF11 – Gbaya; AF12 – Sudan Shankilla (?): I have two similar ones in my collection; AF13 – AF14 - Ngombè; AF16 – Shankilla; AF17- Ngombè.

If you get tired of the Shankilla let me know. Nice the story of how you collected these knives. thanks

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17th February 2012, 11:58 PM	#12
Mauro Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 83	These are the attribution resulting from the last book of Mark Felix and Jan Elsen Fatal Beauty.Traditional weapons from central Africa- Taipei exibition. They are among the greatest experts for african weapons. AF6 - Ngombè-Poto; AF7 – Masai post ca.1950; AF8 – Kete or Bena Lulua (different attribution in different books but your is a nice examples with a nice handle): AF9 – AF10 Ngombè - (may be also Ngala. they are non so different); AF11 – Gbaya; AF12 – Sudan Shankilla (?): I have two similar ones in my collection; AF13 – AF14 - Ngombè; AF16 – Shankilla; AF17- Ngombè. If you get tired of the Shankilla let me know. Nice the story of how you collected these knives. thanks