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While playing in the sunshine today I came across this throwing knife blade. Quite heavy 58cm from tip to tip average thickness 4mm. I think it is possibly Ingassana, southern Sudan. It was very rusty. It appears never to have had a handle. Although it is tempered/hardened it may have just represented currency. Presumably the decoration has some meaning "look out here comes trouble
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Hello Tim,
what you have is, if Jan Elsen is right, a sickle knife from DRC. You found it among the Meje and Makere, living at the upper Aruwimi and Rubi. It has normal a handle of wood or also ivory. Both typs of Ingessana throwing knifes are showing on the attached picture. Wolf |
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Thanks Wolf, great name by the way.
I think you are right I been looking in Zirngibl's Afrikanische Waffen and seen smaller knives with the very same shape. What a shame this does not have an ivory handle, as you can see the tang is untouched, must be currency. Tim |
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This is a page from Jan Elsen's Tribal Arms Monographs. Did I do well
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I forgot to mention, if this is that rare, I got it for exorbitant sum of 5 portions. Not bad at all. Tim
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Very Good purchase. Luc |
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