African Non-weapon, please can anyone ID origin and symbolism

Tim Simmons · 19th December 2009, 08:41 PM

Look at the second example in this link-

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=consencous

Compare to this cropped picture of a painting in the afore mentioned book. The the Dutch artist Albert Eckhout painted this man from the Akan Kingdom of Fetu in 1641. The actual sword he used for his model exists in the National Museum of Denmark. There is no record of these swords being used for anything else other than state emblems.

19th December 2009, 08:41 PM	#9
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,855	Matching swords, Look at the second example in this link- http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=consencous Compare to this cropped picture of a painting in the afore mentioned book. The the Dutch artist Albert Eckhout painted this man from the Akan Kingdom of Fetu in 1641. The actual sword he used for his model exists in the National Museum of Denmark. There is no record of these swords being used for anything else other than state emblems. Attached Images