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Freddy · 16th August 2006, 08:24 PM

Nice old dagger. I think this dagger is from Cameroon. I don't know the tribe, but there's something familiar in the way the leather handle has been made.

I own an African club which has its shaft covered with leather. There are also insets of other material (snake skin ?). I know this piece comes from Cameroon.

And here are some leather covered sword handles from Cameroon (the first two pics are from the Bali-tribe) :

16th August 2006, 08:24 PM	#5
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Nice old dagger. I think this dagger is from Cameroon. I don't know the tribe, but there's something familiar in the way the leather handle has been made. I own an African club which has its shaft covered with leather. There are also insets of other material (snake skin ?). I know this piece comes from Cameroon. And here are some leather covered sword handles from Cameroon (the first two pics are from the Bali-tribe) :