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Luc LEFEBVRE · 12th February 2006, 08:46 PM

The last I bought, throwing knife from the Gbaya, Ngbaka, Ngombe, tribes of the north of Congo.
XIXth
44cm height, 35cm width.

kino · 12th February 2006, 11:57 PM

Picked up this, bling wearing kid, yesterday. On the hilt side of the wooden
handguard is a veneer of horn, under the horn is a round piece of cloth.

Spunjer · 13th February 2006, 01:24 PM

holy fo-shizzle! nice silver work on that tenegre. with a dated coin at that... i wonder if that's the year it was made? did it came with the scabbard? regardless, nice acquisition, kino..

kino · 13th February 2006, 11:32 PM

Spunger, No scabbard. I don't think the bolo was made on the same date
that on the coin. Maybe late 19th, early 20th Cent.

Battara · 14th February 2006, 12:51 AM

I'm with Spunger, beautiful silver work and craftsmanship on the tenegre (grumble, grumble, envy, envy....).

M ELEY · 14th February 2006, 08:45 AM

Ebay item #6251660306. Got it for a steal (money is tight right now, but I couldn't resist a bargain!). These true tomahawk axes (the weapon/tools of ealy America) were just as real as the so-called trade pipe tomahawks. Used by soldiers, frontiersmen and Indians, they are very misunderstood and so bargains can still be found. This one dates to 1790-1840 (height of the fur trade) and the "nail pulling slot" is actually a beaver trap chain pull (squared off cut). Although not ethnographic in the classic sense, still unusual enough to be of interest and an important part of istory...

12th February 2006, 08:46 PM	#1
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 473	Gbaya, Ngbaka, Ngombe, throwing knife CONGO The last I bought, throwing knife from the Gbaya, Ngbaka, Ngombe, tribes of the north of Congo. XIXth 44cm height, 35cm width. Attached Images

12th February 2006, 11:57 PM	#2
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Picked up this, bling wearing kid, yesterday. On the hilt side of the wooden handguard is a veneer of horn, under the horn is a round piece of cloth. Attached Images

13th February 2006, 01:24 PM	#3
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	holy fo-shizzle! nice silver work on that tenegre. with a dated coin at that... i wonder if that's the year it was made? did it came with the scabbard? regardless, nice acquisition, kino..

13th February 2006, 11:32 PM	#4
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Spunger, No scabbard. I don't think the bolo was made on the same date that on the coin. Maybe late 19th, early 20th Cent.

14th February 2006, 12:51 AM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,270	I'm with Spunger, beautiful silver work and craftsmanship on the tenegre (grumble, grumble, envy, envy....).

14th February 2006, 08:45 AM	#6
M ELEY Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NC, U.S.A. Posts: 2,141	Colonial fur-trade spike axe/tomahawk Ebay item #6251660306. Got it for a steal (money is tight right now, but I couldn't resist a bargain!). These true tomahawk axes (the weapon/tools of ealy America) were just as real as the so-called trade pipe tomahawks. Used by soldiers, frontiersmen and Indians, they are very misunderstood and so bargains can still be found. This one dates to 1790-1840 (height of the fur trade) and the "nail pulling slot" is actually a beaver trap chain pull (squared off cut). Although not ethnographic in the classic sense, still unusual enough to be of interest and an important part of istory...