Telek ?

[TVV]

Very nice tuareg telek dagger Rockelk, with a nice blade as well. The South Algeria attribution is supported by an example in the Quai Branly Museum, which Iain found sometime ago, and also by Tristan Arbousse Bastide - link to a thread below, where Tim Simmons uploaded some scans from Arbousse Bastide's book:

http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22555

[Jim McDougall]

Thanks very much for that great link Teodor!
In looking back at it I noted the interesting entry in the rather obscure (and with unfortunate and dated title), " Weapons and Implements of Savage Races" (Montague, 1921). (see image below)
Here is an arm dagger attributed to the Kanuri of Bornu, situated to the south of Ajjer regions in Nigeria.
It is not surprising to see these similar forms diffuse into contiguous regions with these nomadic peoples.