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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
In post 66, on the right, this is not actually a kitara, which was an Omani hilt of cylindrical form, but with curved cavalry blade, usually German.
This example is of course Manding, this one if I recall was from Ouangdougou, Burkina Faso. In many cases curved cavalry blades in the Sahara ended up with takouba hilts, then regarded as 'alguinar'.
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Hello Jim , Thank You for your correction and nice to see you are still very well informed...
Regards,
Peter Hudson.
