Ikul

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Ikul
Brooklyn Museum 22.1521 Knife Ikul.jpg
Information
Weapon type: Short sword or knife
Designations: Ikul, ikula
Region of origin /
author: 		Africa , ethnic group of Cuba
Overall length: average 35 cm
Handle: Wood, metal inserts
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The Ikul or Ikula is a short sword of the Kuba . It is also described as a knife. According to the tradition of the Cuba, it is carried in public by every man. The Ikul consists of a mostly leaf-shaped blade made of iron or copper and a handle made of wood with a round knob and any metal inlays. The blade often has a pronounced central ridge and can be decorated with notch-like engravings and lines.

As for other weapons of the Kuba, replicas of the Ikul were made from wood. The ikul vary in detail and length; on average they are 35 cm long. The three main variants are ikulintey, ikulimbaang and ikulikal. Ikulintey is the wooden variant. The blades of the ikulimbaang are often decorated with one or more circular inlays made of copper or brass with perforations . In contrast to the Ikul, the pommel is not flat, the blade is narrower in the middle part.

According to the tradition of the Cuba, the introduction of the Ikul goes back to King Shyaam aMbul aNgoong in the seventeenth century, who is said to have banned the Shongo throwing iron after a long period of war and who constituted the Ikul as a symbol of peace.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johanna Agthe, Karin Strauss: Arms from Central Africa. Department for Culture and Leisure of the City of Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt, 1985. ISBN 3-88270-354-7 , p. 121 (Fig. 109) u. 303
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Christopher Spring: African Arms and Armor. British Museum Press, London 1993, ISBN 0-7141-2508-3 , pp. 89 f.
  3. ↑ Monica Blackmun Visonà et al .: A History of Art in Africa. Pearson / Prentice Hall, 2003. ISBN 0131833561 , p. 399 ( Google digitized version )
  4. ↑ Colleen E. Kriger: Pride of Men: Iron Working in 19th Century West Central Africa. Heinemann, 1999. ISBN 0852556829 , p. 170 ( Google digitized version )
  5. ↑ Colleen E. Kriger: Pride of Men: Iron Working in 19th Century West Central Africa. Heinemann, 1999. ISBN 0852556829 , p. 172 ( Google digitized version )
  6. ^ Joseph Cornet: "Art Royal Kuba.", Edizioni Sipiel, 1982, p. 304 [1]
  7. ↑ Manfred A. Zirngibl , Alexander Kubetz: panga na visu. Handguns, forged cult objects and shields from Africa. HePeLo-Verlag, Riedlhütte 2009, ISBN 978-3-9811254-2-9 . P. 311
  8. ↑ Gustaaf Verswijver, Roger Asselberghs, Els De Parmenaer: Treasures from the Africa Museum, Tervuren , Royal Museum for Central Africa , 1995 S. 341 [2]
  9. ↑ Christopher Spring: African Arms and Armor. British Museum Press, London 1993, ISBN 0-7141-2508-3 , p. 68
  10. ↑ Werner Fischer, Manfred A. Zirngibl: African weapons. Passau, Prinz-Verlag 1978. ISBN 3-9800212-0-3 . Pp. 148-279.

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