simpler form of beauty
 

After the recent display of some wonderful opulent pieces ,I felt compelled to show another side, equally impressive when one considers the materials at hand for poor cultures in Namibia.Timhttp://[/IMG] [IMG]http://

Well done Tim!!
Art, like beauty, is entirely in the eye of the beholder, and with ethnographic weapons even the simplest and crudest weapons have thier own if one looks into the history and symbolism imbued in them.
Thank you for posting this very interesting example.
Best regards,
Jim

Elegant, practical and functional. I like it !

I like it too. Is that a window in the scabbard, or metal ornamentation?

I have a knife similar to this and it is a window in the sheath rather than an insert. It came with a certificate of authenticity (whatever that means) stating that it was a "Flying Bushman Knife." Since the weight and balance seem to preclude throwing the knife, I could only assume that the Bushman who owned it was a pilot. I did wonder if this was a common knife form of knife or restricted to certain areas of Africa.

Maybe "Flying Bushman Knife" refers to the actual bushman and not the knife. It'd be interesting to see an actual bushman flying through the air with one of these knives. Well, just as long as he's not flying at me ;)