Iron blade with broad, spatulate form, finely incised with linear and herringbone motifs. Wooden handle wrapped with brass strips and terminating in a domed pommel with brass studs. Pre-1930. Length: 46.5 cm; Weight: 450 g. m18
End XIX early XX. Wrought iron, hand-carved bone, horn, wood, plant fibers, animal skin, and hair decorations. Total height 72,5 cm; blade length 49,0 cm. Weight: 1017,3 grams. The Madau is accompanied by its auxiliary knife (pisau raut). Condition: Very good. The Mandau...
19th century. Bleached and incised leather. Diameter cm. 30,5 (12.01″). The hide is incised with geometric patterns. Somali warriors carried an iron spear, a short sword called a belawa, and a shield called a gãschãn. Typical small Somali shields are made from giraffe or oryx and...
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...
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...
Early 20th century. Diameter 47,5 cm; depth about 17,0 cm. A conic shape shield of buffalo leather, of the type of the Ethiopian highlands. With relieved margin, covered with dark brown velvet on the front (velvet comes from Persia) and richly...
Cm. 88,0 in lenght (34.65"). The blade is cm. 67,0 (26.38"). An authentic sword of the Mandingo (or Mandinka) people of West Africa, the scabbard and handle of this sword require attention for the piece to live up to its full potential. The Mandingo...
Steel blade, handle in bronze, copper, ebony and aluminum, fine leather scabbard. Cm. 27,8 in length (10.94″); the blade is cm. 16,2 in length (2.28″). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are...
Early 20th century. Iron, wood. Cm. 51,0 high (20.08"); weight: grams 528,0 (18.62 oz.). Very good condition. A large fighting axe of the Chokwe people from Angola. Steel blade in good condition showing no significant oxidation. m19
Steel blade, beautiful braided leather scabbard. Without fringes cm. 35,0 in length (13.78″); the blade is cm. 22,5 in length (8.86″). The Tuareg people inhabit a large area, covering almost all the middle and western Sahara and the north-central Sahel. They are probably descended from the...