18th September 2009, 07:07 AM | #1 |
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Shona Dagger With Nice Wirework For Comment
Just picked up this nice old Shona piece probably 1900 or earlier?
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18th September 2009, 07:47 AM | #2 |
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Looks fine - hard to put a date, maybe early 20th century...
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20th September 2009, 01:57 PM | #3 |
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Hi Lew,
congratulation, nice bakatwa dagger, difficult to say exact which age, I think around 1920, maybe a little bit before or also later. A little bit unusual seems the bottom of the sheath, normal it looks from the side like a feet, this one seems to be round/cylindric. Best Wolf |
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I am posting a pic of another examples with that "Foot" at the bottom o the scabbard for comparison. |
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20th September 2009, 03:20 PM | #5 |
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I like the second one especially, with the dark wood...good carving.
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