Ethnography

Old Short Sword – YAKA Tribe – Southwestern DR Congo

Early to mid 20th century. Iron, leather. Cm. 56,0 in length (22.05"); the blade is cm 35,0 in lenght (13.78"). The Yaka are an African ethnic group found in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with Angola border to their west. Their oral tradition states that they migrated northwest into their current...

Masai (Maasai) Knife – SEME – Kenya

Old Seme Knife in a red scabbard. Mid 20th century. Steel blade, red hide scabbard. Cm. 51,0 in length (20.08"); the blade is cm. 37,5 in lenght (14.76"). Weight: grams 402,4 (14.19 oz.). The Seme (sime) is the constant sidearm of the Maasai (Masai) man.  It is a light short sword with a double-edged,...