unusual african dagger covered in cowrie shells

Kubur · 7th April 2019, 07:33 PM

Hi
It's a flyssa knife
I don't think it has to do with bou saidi or khodmi knives... There are no evidences for it.
To be sure you have to remove the leather to see the original hilt and scabbard.
Even the shape of the scabbard sheath looks like the flyssa ones.
For an unknown reason the knife was embellished in Senegal with Cowries probably in the 20th c, but the flyssa knife is probably earlier end of 19th c.
Kubur

7th April 2019, 07:33 PM	#5
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Hi It's a flyssa knife I don't think it has to do with bou saidi or khodmi knives... There are no evidences for it. To be sure you have to remove the leather to see the original hilt and scabbard. Even the shape of the scabbard sheath looks like the flyssa ones. For an unknown reason the knife was embellished in Senegal with Cowries probably in the 20th c, but the flyssa knife is probably earlier end of 19th c. Kubur