Sword "kaskara" with crocodile skin covered wooden scabbard · Sudan / Ethiopia, Bedja, Beni Amer, Hadendoa, Bideyat · ID: 3050561
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanySize
L: 103 cm (sword)
100 cm (scabbard)
L: 40.6 inch (sword)
39.4 inch (scabbard)
Description
metal, wood, crocodile skin,
Signs of the Arabic Thuluth script are etched into both sides of the blade.
Comparing literature
Zirngibl, Manfred A. & Alexander Kubetz, "panga na visu", Riedlhütte 2009, p. 246, ill. 589
Notices
This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.