15th June 2007, 08:33 PM | #1 |
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African dance sickle
I recently bought this sickle knife. After some research, I found this information : It's dance sickle from the Dadiya tribe living in Nigeria. This is a small tribe counting about 4000 people.
The Dadiya make forged iron ceremonial weapons, used by young men in their coming of age festival kal. This is called a 'jen'nyi' dance sickle. This piece is completely made out of iron and has a geometric design on one side of the blade. It's not sharp. Total length : 37,5 cm. Length of blade : 14,5 cm Anyone seen one before ? |
16th June 2007, 08:13 AM | #2 |
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Beautiful little object and as you suggest a rare find. 4000 souls is a small tribe.
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