Leather Sheath Sword

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Tom, just a point to consider....is it not possible that something "filmed" means it was organized?
All too often, particularly in older safari movie/travelogue/documentaries (Frank Buck comes immediately to mind) what is seen is distinctly different from uncoached tribal activities, such as a lion hunt vs an individual initiation rite.
That one is sweet Ian, and I agree, it does look a lot liek a seme.
From my experience so far, it seems likely that there are possibly hundreds or relatively unknown African weapons as so little study has been done, compared to the Philippines, or Indonesia, contributed to by both the immense size of the entire continent and the fact that so much of it was inaccessable until comparatively recent times.
I apologize about the Ilwoon statement Tom, thinking about more recent specimens as opposed to your exceptionally nice one (or perhaps NOT thinking before typing is more appropriate), another case where they have changed radically in the past 50 years or so.
Mike