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30th July 2016, 01:09 AM | #1 |
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Nice Lokele knife, Congo. Is there a hole in de back of the handle? Most of them have a weight on the handle.
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30th July 2016, 09:39 AM | #2 |
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Looks like ivory to me. Ni e piece.
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30th July 2016, 07:38 PM | #4 |
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Hello Rick and Tim, thanks for your reply Ive always thought it to be bone, it will be interesting to see what the others make of it when the see a photo of the end.
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Maybe some cleaning/polishing will return it to its former glory. Not that you can't leave it like it is now. |
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30th July 2016, 08:07 PM | #6 |
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It is definitely an old one, how old exactly is hard to tell (some experts can ). To be safe I would say first quarter of the 20th century.
If the handle has the same age as the blade it would be ivory for sure. About the decoration, I don't see a lizard or snake. |
31st July 2016, 08:12 PM | #7 |
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Taken out of the symmetry of the blade there could be a snake in the decoration, a common motif on African blades.
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2nd August 2016, 08:24 PM | #10 |
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It's indeed similar to Lokele knives but the general shape of the blade and its decoration point towards the BENGE.
Check this old thread for an example of such BENGE sword in the book "Panga na visu". http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16673 First quarter of the 20th century seems ok. Handle material seems definitely ivory to me. |
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