Sword "kaskara" with crocodile skin covered wooden scabbard and two knives
Sudan / Ethiopia, Bedja, Beni Amer, Hadendoa, Bideyat
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanySize
L: 100 cm (sword)
106 cm (scabbard)
28,5 cm & 30,5 cm (knives)
L: 39.4 inch (sword)
41.7 inch (scabbard)
11.2 inch & 12.0 inch (knives)
Description
metal, wood, crocodile skin, bone,
The blade of the sword as well as the two knife blades are etched on both sides with religious formulae and signs in Arabic Thuluth script.
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.