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Hello all together.
I'm new to the forum as a member and I would like to thank for all the usefull informations I found here till today as anonymous reader. I'm living in Germany and I'm mainly interested in african and indonesian weapons. To start here I want to show a sickle shaped weapon or tool which I have never seen before. I have no idea what it could be. I would be glad if someone can help to identify this item. I bought it some years ago at a weapons fair; I found it in a box with indian stuff, all of it defect and mostly scrab. This was the only thing there that was in a nearly reasonable condition. But to me it looks not as from India. The sickle is very heavy, it weights nearly 1kg. It is 51cm long and the sickle-part has a triangular cross-section with 1cm wide at the back. If it is a tool, than you can use it only like an axe, but not as a sickle . All ideas about origin and usage are welcome. Thanks and best regards Peter |
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Look very much African.
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Looks like a Tutsi or Shi sickle sword (Congo, Rwanda)
https://ertribal.com/index.php/triba...umuhoro-rwanda |
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Thanks for your answers.
African was also my first idea because of the bend tang at the bottom of the grip - a typical african way to fasten the grip to the tang. But maybe someone elsewhere had the same idea... Sure it looks similar to a Tutsi sickle, but I have never seen such a form. The Tutsi sickles I know have allways the ?-shape at the upper part and a flat profile there. |
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No more ideas on this strange item???
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I did some more research and found a few more images on the web, all labeled as Indian.
In a Russian article about Indian weapons, I found a drawing of a similar object with the following explanation: "Figures 72 and 73 are objects used for collecting the sap and fruit of the Palmyra palm." I can easily imagine it being used for this purpose. |
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