Arm dagger ·  Sahara / Sahel, Tuareg · ID: 3039948

Description

iron, a straight, simple blade with cross-shaped handle, complete with polychrome leather sheath decorated with punched ornaments and metal sheet applications, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion and abrasion;
Tuareg arm daggers differ from the other in its size (greater length). The Tuareg also carry their arm dagger in a different manner: rather than on the upper arm, with the point toward the elbow, they carry it on the wrist, with the point toward the elbow.

The object Arm dagger with the object ID 3039948 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 254.

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Comparing literature

Tirri, Anthony C., Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa 1800 - 1960, Indiana 2007, p. 637