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22nd October 2006, 11:42 AM
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Location: Italia
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Hi Luc, beautiful pictures, thank you!! For sure some swords were traded and we can see from old pictures a man of one tribe shows a sword of other groups, this is normal. Anyway you are agree that the scabbards that show heads are recent? No one could show old pictures of scabbard decorated with this heads?
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22nd October 2006, 12:30 PM
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Location: France
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Yes I think like you.
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22nd October 2006, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
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Kuba carnaval
Hi,
I agree with Flavio the colored pic's are a mix of all Kuba and other tribe arms,headdresses and etno....festival The 1956 pic is from the Pyaang.... The pic with scabbard is not Luba but Kete,they have the same handle but I'm sure the blade ends on 3 points not one I added some Kuba knives to show what I mean... 
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22nd October 2006, 01:27 PM
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Location: Kent
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Hi Flavio, Mapico and Luc,
great pics and information......welcome additions to the thread..... And very nice examples of Kuba knives ....I'm not jealous 
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22nd October 2006, 01:45 PM
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Location: Italia
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Hi Danny, very nice sword
 !! Yes, could be that the swords on colored pics are kete (or bena lulua), that are, if i'm correct, both sub-groups of Kuba. I had also a kuba nshaal that are in Luc's pictures but it was smaller and for dance maybe (due to the colorod blade).
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