Sword from Angola. Chokwe, Salampasu?

Marc M. · 13th February 2025, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by werecow

And of course there's also the Yaka knife:

EDIT: Ah, Marc beat me to it.

A shared opinion is always cool.

Tim Simmons · 13th February 2025, 02:15 PM

Interesting. Museum fur Volkerkunde Africa-sammlung3 Waffen aus Zentral- Afrika.

Tim Simmons · 13th February 2025, 02:35 PM

With a little research you can find that the Lunda Empire stretched from Angola, Zambia and the Kwango river people in the DRC today. So all suggestions illustrate the extent of cultural influence. What a good place this is.

gp · 13th February 2025, 04:55 PM

it is a little more than the Lunda empire....

Although I am not native French speaking, the French text expands into more peoples:

"the populations of the cultural connected Lunda-Chokwe and in particular the populations of the Lunda, Chokwe, Yaka, Kaniok, Suku, Songye-Eki living on the border of north Angola, Zambia and the south of the DR Congo between the wooded savannah and pre-forest region use a very beautiful sword,
This weapon has a wooden mount whicth a metal pommel (brass, copper) is conical shaped and rests on an ellipsoid piece streaked with radiating lines"

So it seems many forum members were correct !

13th February 2025, 02:15 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,842	Interesting. Museum fur Volkerkunde Africa-sammlung3 Waffen aus Zentral- Afrika. Attached Images

13th February 2025, 02:35 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,842	With a little research you can find that the Lunda Empire stretched from Angola, Zambia and the Kwango river people in the DRC today. So all suggestions illustrate the extent of cultural influence. What a good place this is. Attached Images

13th February 2025, 04:55 PM	#4
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 823	it is a little more than the Lunda empire.... Although I am not native French speaking, the French text expands into more peoples: "the populations of the cultural connected Lunda-Chokwe and in particular the populations of the Lunda, Chokwe, Yaka, Kaniok, Suku, Songye-Eki living on the border of north Angola, Zambia and the south of the DR Congo between the wooded savannah and pre-forest region use a very beautiful sword, This weapon has a wooden mount whicth a metal pommel (brass, copper) is conical shaped and rests on an ellipsoid piece streaked with radiating lines" So it seems many forum members were correct !