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27th March 2009, 12:30 PM
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Interesting African Machete
Picked this up the other day at the show probably Manding but I'm not sure.
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27th March 2009, 05:02 PM
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Thats really an interesting item Lew. The scabbard looks Tuareg, but the single edge blade seems reprofiled at the tip, and the hilt ? Now there's an anomaly ....reminds me of a shashka, but overall seems like one of the Bedouin swords from Sinai and further east.
All best regards, Jim |
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28th March 2009, 06:27 PM
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Never seen anything like this before. But..it's a nice piece. Especially the handle is beautifully decorated.
Perhaps a re-used sabre blade ? 
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28th March 2009, 07:03 PM
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Interesting piece...with the style of scabbard plus the wirework on the hilt, it really says West African to me. The circle motif made from the wirework is reminiscent of certain Akan gold jewellery forms.
Whatever, its a fine sword/machete. Regards |
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30th March 2009, 04:59 PM
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Here is a link to some West African symbols. Seems the top one looks similar?
http://www.adinkra.org/htmls/adinkra_index.htm |
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31st March 2009, 12:13 PM
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Hi
Here are some examples of the sort of Akan (Ashanti/Baule tribes), gold pectorals I was thinking of, incorporating that circular form. Regards |
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31st March 2009, 02:46 PM
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Here on this Chamba? arm band it is combined with the crocodile and snake.
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