African sickle swords

[Peter B.]

Here are three maps showing the different types of sickle swords and execution swords.
The maps are from the Tribal Arms monographs Vol.1 No.1-3 by Elsen (1,3) and Gosseau (2).

These three volumes describe in detail the weapons depicted and their respective origins.

[Jim McDougall]

Peter thank you for posting these! These are remarkable visual aids to geographically locate the variant styles and tribal associations key to them.
These tribal arms monographs are invaluable, and though there are the language barriers (I think they are in French?) the material is excellent through these kinds of visual presentation.

[Marc M.]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Peter thank you for posting these! These are remarkable visual aids to geographically locate the variant styles and tribal associations key to them.
These tribal arms monographs are invaluable, and though there are the language barriers (I think they are in French?) the material is excellent through these kinds of visual presentation.

Hi Jim

These books are a must have for African weapons collectors, they are four languages in the books : English, French, German and Dutch.

Best regards
Marc

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Marc M.

Hi Jim

These books are a must have for African weapons collectors, they are four languages in the books : English, French, German and Dutch.

Best regards
Marc

Thank you so much Marc !
It has been some years since I researched African arms from the Continent other than North Africa, and my references are not at hand. I have several of these books but did not recall multi languages. Many like Zirngible, if I recall, have English captioning and summary. As you well note, they are ESSENTIAL for anyone seriously studying these fascinating arms

Best
Jim