Sword knife "ingonda"

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Description

iron, copper alloy, wood,
Georg Buschan described these knives in 1922 as the chief’s knives of the Lukeren (Lokele) and states that these sword-like knife types were pure showpieces, which can be traced back to ancient Egyptian dagger forms.

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Comparing literature

Zirngibl, Manfred A., Seltene afrikanische Kurzwaffen, Grafenau 1983, p. 38, ill. 33/ 34

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