Unknown sickle

Pieje · 31st July 2021, 03:48 PM

Looks like a Tutsi or Shi sickle sword (Congo, Rwanda)

https://ertribal.com/index.php/triba...umuhoro-rwanda

Peter B. · 31st July 2021, 04:32 PM

Thanks for your answers.

African was also my first idea because of the bend tang at the bottom of the grip - a typical african way to fasten the grip to the tang. But maybe someone elsewhere had the same idea...

Sure it looks similar to a Tutsi sickle, but I have never seen such a form. The Tutsi sickles I know have allways the ?-shape at the upper part and a flat profile there.

Peter B. · 2nd August 2021, 08:23 AM

No more ideas on this strange item???

31st July 2021, 03:48 PM	#1
Pieje Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Belgium Posts: 132	Looks like a Tutsi or Shi sickle sword (Congo, Rwanda) https://ertribal.com/index.php/triba...umuhoro-rwanda

31st July 2021, 04:32 PM	#2
Peter B. Member Join Date: May 2021 Location: Germany Posts: 41	Thanks for your answers. African was also my first idea because of the bend tang at the bottom of the grip - a typical african way to fasten the grip to the tang. But maybe someone elsewhere had the same idea... Sure it looks similar to a Tutsi sickle, but I have never seen such a form. The Tutsi sickles I know have allways the ?-shape at the upper part and a flat profile there.

2nd August 2021, 08:23 AM	#3
Peter B. Member Join Date: May 2021 Location: Germany Posts: 41	No more ideas on this strange item???