Dogon dagger

Dogon dagger
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Weapon type:	dagger
Use:	Cult weapon
Region of origin / ; author:	Africa , Dogon ethnicity
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The Dogon Dagger is a dagger of the Dogon of West Africa .

description

The Dogon dagger has a wedge-shaped, narrow, double-edged blade . The blade has no central ridge and no hollow grind. The blade and the handle consist of a piece of cast-yellow-like material which was formed into the dagger using the lost wax process. The handle is with figural representations of horsemen decorated which a known motif are among the Dogon. The dagger was used as a cult weapon.

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Manfred A. Zirngibl , Alexander Kubetz: panga na visu. Handguns, forged cult objects and shields from Africa. HePeLo-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-9811254-2-9 , p. 26, Fig. 20, p. 267
↑ Kate Ezra: Art of the Dogon: Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection , Verlag Metropolitan Museum of Art , 1988, ISBN 9780810918740 , p. 40 [1]

[Zirngibl-1] Manfred A. Zirngibl , Alexander Kubetz: panga na visu. Handguns, forged cult objects and shields from Africa. HePeLo-Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-9811254-2-9 , p. 26, Fig. 20, p. 267

[2] Kate Ezra: Art of the Dogon: Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection , Verlag Metropolitan Museum of Art , 1988, ISBN 9780810918740 , p. 40 [1]