Behold! a triumphant offering from ebay.

Freddy · 12th April 2006, 06:18 PM

Nice find, Tim.

To make it complete, you should add a leather strap. I have a similar sword with much the same decoration. Mine has a leather strap attached to the handle. It was probably made of an old leather army belt (perhaps from a gun).

The handle is also a bit damaged. It has been decorated with some iron binding and copper wire. At the bottom, some rectangular strips of copper were applied to it.

As to origin, I would attribute this sword more to the Benge-,Boa-,Hanga-, Mba- and/or Angba-tribes living in Central/North Congo and the border area of the Central African Republic.
The name of this sword in Angba-Mba language is : Kondo

Check out this website : http://www.mambele.be/

This is not my collection, but I want it all

12th April 2006, 06:18 PM	#4
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Nice find, Tim. To make it complete, you should add a leather strap. I have a similar sword with much the same decoration. Mine has a leather strap attached to the handle. It was probably made of an old leather army belt (perhaps from a gun). The handle is also a bit damaged. It has been decorated with some iron binding and copper wire. At the bottom, some rectangular strips of copper were applied to it. As to origin, I would attribute this sword more to the Benge-,Boa-,Hanga-, Mba- and/or Angba-tribes living in Central/North Congo and the border area of the Central African Republic. The name of this sword in Angba-Mba language is : Kondo Check out this website : http://www.mambele.be/ This is not my collection, but I want it all