Konda sword

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Konda sword
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Region of origin /
author: 		Africa , Konda ethnic group
Distribution: Africa
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Konda sword (below) in the Higgins Armory Museum

The Konda-Sword is an African sword or knife or short sword of Konda (also Ekonda ), a Mongo people , which to the Bantu -Volksgruppe in the province of Equateur in the Democratic Republic of Congo belongs. The self-designation is given with Efamba or Ikakalaka .

description

The sword is symmetrical and has a double-edged blade. The blade material is usually iron or brass . The place is crescent-shaped and has a curved outside on each cutting edge, resulting in two points. Due to this characteristic location, the weapon can only be used as a cutting weapon ; it cannot be used as a stabbing weapon . The booklet is usually made of wood and has a large knob.

use

Although the sword type is known in the antique trade and in museums, no comprehensive scientific investigation has been carried out so far. The antique trade often describes the purpose of the sword as the master's sword for decapitation and previous mutilations such as severing limbs . The two points should increase the threat effect and also have been used to impale limbs. More scientific sources assume a use as a ceremonial or ceremonial weapon, as well as exchange objects.

variants

There are also many weapons that are similar to the type described. This includes the variant with a split blade. Another variant is a status meter of the Nkundu , who live north of the Konda. This type has a right-angled "cut off" blade, so no crescent-shaped place.

There are also versions clearly recognized as ceremonial weapons that are more or less similar to the type described.

  • with split blade

  • Ceremonial short sword

  • Ceremonial short sword

  • with a ring-shaped closed place

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Art of Metalworking in Africa . Canadian Museum of Making . Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Higgins Armory Museum http://users.wpi.edu/~jforgeng/CollectionIQP/artifact.pl?anum=1605 phantom link | date = 2018-05 | archivebot = 2018-05-04 18:46: 53 InternetArchiveBot | url = http: //users.wpi.edu/~jforgeng/CollectionIQP/artifact.pl? Anum = 1605}} HAM 1605
  3. ↑ Short Sword; African, Congo (Zaire), Ekonda - Accession Number: 1998 / 1.67 . University of Michigan Museum of Art . Retrieved May 24, 2013., Short Sword; African, Congo (Zaire), Ekonda - Accession Number: 1998 / 1.68 . University of Michigan Museum of Art . Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  4. ^ Mongo / Konda Executioners Sword . monstermarketplace.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ a b Manfred A. Zirngibl: Rare African Throwing Weapons. Mosaik-Verlag, Grafenau 1983, p. 102, ISBN 3-87553-198-1
  6. ^ Johanna Agthe , Karin Strauss (texts): Arms from Central Africa. Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt am Main 1985, p. 114, ISBN 3-88270-354-7 .
  7. ↑ Konda Knife and Sheath, DR Congo
  8. ↑ vub.ac.be: Knives, daggers, axes, skepters and iron / metal currencies, in the collection of antique, classical, ethnic, ethnographic, ethno-tribal, native, ritual, traditional, tribal, so-called "primitive" art from Sub-Saharan black Africa
  9. ^ Konda Executioners Sword . monstermarketplace.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  10. ↑ Collections: Arts of Africa: Sword . Brooklyn Museum . S. Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  11. ↑ Kuba Knives 7-8, Dem. Rep. Congo . hamillgallery.com. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  12. ↑ African Weapons . ezakwantu.com. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved May 24, 2013.

literature

  • Christopher Spring: African arms and armor. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, ISBN 978-1-56098-317-0 .
  • Werner Fischer, Manfred A. Zirngibl: African weapons: knives, daggers, swords, hatchets, throwing weapons. Prinz-Verlag, Passau 1978.