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Originally Posted by Pieje
It's indeed similar to Lokele knives but the general shape of the blade and its decoration point towards the BENGE.
Check this old thread for an example of such BENGE sword in the book "Panga na visu".
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16673
First quarter of the 20th century seems ok.
Handle material seems definitely ivory to me. |
Hello Pieje, thank you for your reply and link. As you say the blade shape and decoration on the Benge sword are identical even the two small holes which I thought represented the snake`s eyes, I find it confusing to differentiate between the varius tribal weapons when the blade shapes are so similar but I think the decoration seems to clinch this one as Benge. Thanks again for your interest.
Regards
Miguel