Odd takouba like sabre

[colin henshaw]

Hi Iain

Good looking sword - a scarcer variant. There is one with a similar profile shown in the book "Waffen aus Zentral-Afrika" by Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt 1985, page 103. That one has a French blade and is described as being from North Cameroon...

Perhaps the blade on your example is a native copy ??

Regards.

[Iain]

Originally Posted by colin henshaw

Hi Iain

Good looking sword - a scarcer variant. There is one with a similar profile shown in the book "Waffen aus Zentral-Afrika" by Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt 1985, page 103. That one has a French blade and is described as being from North Cameroon...

Perhaps the blade on your example is a native copy ??

Regards.

Hi Colin, I've got the same book, I'd discounted the locally made European sabre copy idea because those tend to be fullered. Here's one a friend owns: http://takouba.org/catalog/index.php/peoples/takouba-73

That one is pretty clearly inspired by items like the French blades. This one... I'm not so sure!