Sword · Mali, Malinke · ID: 3040420
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Provenance
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, GermanyGünter Beuth, Cologne, Germany
Size
L: 75 cm
L: 29.5 inch
Description
slightly bent iron blade, leather handle and sheath, painted with ornaments, several tassels and decorative appendages attached, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion and usage
Comparing literature
Tirri, Anthony C., Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa 1800 - 1960, Indiana 2007, p. 560, ill. 9-7