African dance sickle

Freddy · 15th June 2007, 08:33 PM

I recently bought this sickle knife. After some research, I found this information : It's dance sickle from the Dadiya tribe living in Nigeria. This is a small tribe counting about 4000 people.

The Dadiya make forged iron ceremonial weapons, used by young men in their coming of age festival kal. This is called a 'jen'nyi' dance sickle.

This piece is completely made out of iron and has a geometric design on one side of the blade. It's not sharp.

Total length : 37,5 cm. Length of blade : 14,5 cm

Anyone seen one before ?

Tim Simmons · 16th June 2007, 08:13 AM

Beautiful little object and as you suggest a rare find. 4000 souls is a small tribe.

15th June 2007, 08:33 PM	#1
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	African dance sickle I recently bought this sickle knife. After some research, I found this information : It's dance sickle from the Dadiya tribe living in Nigeria. This is a small tribe counting about 4000 people. The Dadiya make forged iron ceremonial weapons, used by young men in their coming of age festival kal. This is called a *'jen'nyi'* dance sickle. This piece is completely made out of iron and has a geometric design on one side of the blade. It's not sharp. Total length : 37,5 cm. Length of blade : 14,5 cm Anyone seen one before ?

16th June 2007, 08:13 AM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,745	Beautiful little object and as you suggest a rare find. 4000 souls is a small tribe.