Zemanek-Münster

Sword

Mali, Malinke
not available anymore
Provenance
Robert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany
Günter 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

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