Congo sword ID help

Mefidk · 29th April 2021, 07:51 AM

Thank you Marc and Miguel
So I am getting the feeling that the decoration on the hilt is what marks this out as Kuba, but I could see some more of the pictures of the Songye swords on the site that Miguel linked to with similar hilt and blade, but not the decoration. So perhaps pointing to overlap between Songye and Kuba, which probably brings it back to Luluwa.
That website is really useful, thanks for linking to to it Miguel!

29th April 2021, 07:51 AM	#7
Mefidk Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 157	Thank you Marc and Miguel So I am getting the feeling that the decoration on the hilt is what marks this out as Kuba, but I could see some more of the pictures of the Songye swords on the site that Miguel linked to with similar hilt and blade, but not the decoration. So perhaps pointing to overlap between Songye and Kuba, which probably brings it back to Luluwa. That website is really useful, thanks for linking to to it Miguel!