African axes, try out?

Flavio · 5th December 2004, 05:42 PM

Ah Great Topic!
Here are some of my african axes.
In the first photo are three axes:
a kilonda from Songye (Congo)
an axe from the Pende or Lozi (Congo - Angola)
and the third is an axe probabily from Tanzania

The second photo is about a kasuyu or zappozap Songye or Nsapo axe (Congo). It’s quite similar to the example of Freddy
but it has a minor number of faces (8 in total).
According with C. Spring the number of faces mirrors the rank of the man that carried the axe.

The last axe is another kilonda but made in copper (my favourite!)

About your axes the first seems a mixture between a Sotho axe and a Swazi one. For the others two i’m agree with Freddy.

5th December 2004, 05:42 PM	#9
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Other african axes Ah Great Topic! Here are some of my african axes. In the first photo are three axes: a kilonda from Songye (Congo) an axe from the Pende or Lozi (Congo - Angola) and the third is an axe probabily from Tanzania The second photo is about a kasuyu or zappozap Songye or Nsapo axe (Congo). It’s quite similar to the example of Freddy but it has a minor number of faces (8 in total). According with C. Spring the number of faces mirrors the rank of the man that carried the axe. The last axe is another kilonda but made in copper (my favourite!) About your axes the first seems a mixture between a Sotho axe and a Swazi one. For the others two i’m agree with Freddy. Attached Images