Unusual African knife - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

28th May 2016, 02:48 PM	#1
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Unusual African knife This knife is a recent find. The blade is well forged with shallow fluting (neads a little cleaning). The books I have with examples of this type, describe them variously as :- Fan, Gaboon, war knife Baule, execution knife Liberia, Dan, Ngere, Kru, Grebo Can anyone help with a definitive attribution ? Any photographs, comparable examples etc would be helpful... Thanks in advance. Attached Images

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