Hybrid dagger or specific tribe ?

Martin Lubojacky · 2nd April 2017, 10:24 PM

Big, old dagger.
Tebbu style handle, upper part of which + pommel evokes tribes from Mandara Mts region (Kirdi, Matakam, Chamba etc.), blade engravings not Tebbu, but more like south Tuareg and Fulbe ... There is similar short sword here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=Chamba
- under Iain´s entry - book "Die Materiell Kultur der nicht-islamischen Ethnien von .....", Picture No 297 (but no tribe mentioned ....). Or - am I trying to "sort to boxes" too much ?
Any ideas are welcome. Thanks
Martin

2nd April 2017, 10:24 PM	#1
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 841	Hybrid dagger or specific tribe ? Big, old dagger. Tebbu style handle, upper part of which + pommel evokes tribes from Mandara Mts region (Kirdi, Matakam, Chamba etc.), blade engravings not Tebbu, but more like south Tuareg and Fulbe ... There is similar short sword here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=Chamba - under Iain´s entry - book "Die Materiell Kultur der nicht-islamischen Ethnien von .....", Picture No 297 (but no tribe mentioned ....). Or - am I trying to "sort to boxes" too much ? Any ideas are welcome. Thanks Martin Attached Images