3 African daggers for ID

[colin henshaw]

This example was on sale recently...

[Martin Lubojacky]

I would say re. the two smaller ones: Hausa, but not typical Nigerian Hausa , more to the North (or North-West ?). And as it was said re. the human head hilt - also in 50 ties there was staff made for tourists ...

[Iain]

Originally Posted by Martin Lubojacky

I would say re. the two smaller ones: Hausa, but not typical Nigerian Hausa , more to the North (or North-West ?).

Could be around Zinger or Katina?

[Martin Lubojacky]

Originally Posted by Iain

Could be around Zinger or Katina?

I don´t know if Zinder and/or Katsina. This my guess was based on what I saw in Abuja during 4 years of work there,some time ago. It seems to me that it is more difficult to assign accurately such more or less conterporary African daggers from Sahel (and also East Africa regions), than the old daggers eg from Congo.... The local wendors usually say what one "wants to hear", or they don´t know ..., only very seldom they say something like "Yes, this knife was brought by man from (e.g.) Katsina". From this reason I always ask my friends travelling in Africa to make photos of peaple "carrying" the knife or dagger etc and to make remark where it was.

Re: "Fifties": I meant 1950s as you wrote

[thinreadline]

Originally Posted by Martin Lubojacky

I don´t know if Zinder and/or Katsina. This my guess was based on what I saw in Abuja during 4 years of work there,some time ago. It seems to me that it is more difficult to assign accurately such more or less conterporary African daggers from Sahel (and also East Africa regions), than the old daggers eg from Congo.... The local wendors usually say what one "wants to hear", or they don´t know ..., only very seldom they say something like "Yes, this knife was brought by man from (e.g.) Katsina". From this reason I always ask my friends travelling in Africa to make photos of peaple "carrying" the knife or dagger etc and to make remark where it was.

Re: "Fifties": I meant 1950s as you wrote

Thank you Martin.

[thinreadline]

Originally Posted by Martin Lubojacky

I would say re. the two smaller ones: Hausa, but not typical Nigerian Hausa , more to the North (or North-West ?). And as it was said re. the human head hilt - also in 50 ties there was staff made for tourists ...

thanks Martin ... but what do you mean '50 ties' ?

[thinreadline]

Originally Posted by colin henshaw

This example was on sale recently...

this type I have seen and indeed own an example