Fang sword
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| Weapon type: | Short sword |
| Designations: | ntsakh, fa |
| Distribution: | Catch |
| Handle: | Wood |
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The Fang sword is a short sword from Africa . It was used by the catch who live in Equatorial Guinea , Gabon and Cameroon . The swords are known by the names ntsakh or fa .
description
The overall length of the typical sword classifies it as a short sword, but there is a wide range. Small cylindrical crossguards protrude from the handle . After that the grip changes into a kind of ricasso . The wooden handle is often with nails and wire wrappings of brass decorated . The sword has a straight, double-edged blade . The blade has a mushroom-shaped ricasso shortly after the handle . The straight blade begins with pointed, hook-shaped forgings on each side of the blade, which point in the direction of the handle. The swords usually include wooden scabbards decorated with lizard skin or punched brass sheet. The typical shape of the sheath does not follow the shape of the blade, but ends in a widened manner.
Web links
- Various fang swords at oriental-arms.com
- Various catch swords at ertribal.com: [2] , [3] , [4]
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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 . Pp. 86-88, 287
- ↑ Sotheby’s : Fang Sword in the auction on November 30, 2010
- ↑ Anthony C. Tirri: Islamic and Native Weapons of Colonial Africa, 1800-1960 , Indigo Pub., 2007, ISBN 9780974719252 , p. 435 [1]