Flyssa
| Flyssa | |
|---|---|
 Flissa, British Museum , London |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | sword |
| Designations: | Flissa, Flyssa |
| Use: | military weapon, traditional weapon |
| Creation time: | around 16th century |
| Working time: | until now |
| Region of origin / author: |
Algeria , Kabyle tribe |
| Distribution: | Algeria |
| Overall length: | about 100 cm - 120 cm |
| Blade length: | about 80 cm - about 100 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, horn, |
| Particularities: | Pommel often carved as a horse's head, the handle and scabbard decorated with traditional carvings |
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The Flyssa or Flissa is the traditional sword of the Algerian Kabyle , a Berber people . It was created in the 16th century and is still in use today.
history
The flyssa was developed by the Algerian Kabyle as a combat weapon and is part of their traditional costume (clothing) .
description
The Flyssa is about 1 meter to 1.20 meters long and has a straight blade that is only slightly curved at the tip and is about 80 cm to 100 cm long. The point ( location ) is particularly noticeable on the Flyssa , because about 1/3 of the entire length of the blade falls on the point. The blade is wide at the handle and tapers to the point after about 2/3 of the blade. On the sides of the blade, near the back of the blade, the Flyssa is often decorated with engravings or with gold tau . The handle has no guard and is made of wood, horn or metal. The handle (handle) is carved into a stylized horse's head at the end, the wooden scabbards are decorated with traditional carvings. The fastening eyes are carved into the wood of the scabbard.
See also
literature
- Camille Lacoste : Sabers Kabyles . In: Journal de la Société des Africanistes . tape 28 , no. 1 , 1958, p. 111–191 , doi : 10.3406 / jafr.1958.1895 ( persee.fr - bibliography pp. 187–191).
- Camille Lacoste-Dujardin: Opération oiseau bleu: Des Kabyles, des ethnologues et la guerre d'Algérie . La Découverte, 2010, ISBN 978-2-7071-5578-8 , pp. 192-194 ( books.google.ca ).
- Flissa / Iflissen . In: Encyclopédie berbère . June 1, 2011, p. 2857–2862 (French, openedition.org [accessed December 14, 2017]).
- Byron Farwell, The encyclopedia of nineteenth-century land warfare: an illustrated world view, Part 361, The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Land Warfare: An Illustrated World View , Verlag WW Norton, 2001, ISBN 978-0-393-04770-7
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5
- Diagram Group, The New Weapons of the World Encyclopedia: An International Encyclopedia from 5000 BC to the 21st Century , St. Martin's Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-312-36832-6
- Matthew Bennett, The Hutchinson dictionary of ancient & medieval warfare, Part 25 , Taylor & Francis, 1998, ISBN 978-1-57958-116-9
Web links
- Flyssa at Oriental-Arms: [1] , [2]
- Flyssa at Pitt River's Museum