Zemanek-Münster

Sword "kaskara" with crocodile skin covered wooden scabbard

Sudan / Ethiopia, Bedja, Beni Amer, Hadendoa, Bideyat
sold EUR 450
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, Germany
Size
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.


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