Arm dagger

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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.

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Comparing literature

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

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