another African dagger for discusssion

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Originally Posted by TVV

To sum it up, Zirngibl thought these may be from Mali/Tuareg areas, while in previous forum discussions the conclusion was that these are most likely from Senegal.

Yes, you're correct, Zirngibl show it with other Tuareg daggers and described a very similar piece as Tuareg. But it seems most likely that this daggers are found in Senegal but we haven't a clear proof for this.

Originally Posted by TVV

Unfortunately West African knives and daggers have not been studied well and as a result there are a lot of contradicting attributions, such as in this case.

Yes, agree with you!

Regards,
Detlef