Crooked Knife (Upper Guinea)

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Crooked Knife (Upper Guinea)
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Information
Distribution: Liberia , Ivory Coast
Overall length: approx. 50 cm, variable
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The traditional crook knives are found in the Upper Guinea region, particularly in Liberia and the Ivory Coast . Leo Frobenius also mentions Benin . They are attributed to the local ethnic groups such as Kru , Yakuba , Ngere , Grebo or Baule . Manfred A. Zirngibl describes the function as a cult or guide knife .

description

The blade of the knife is wide and bent down at the tip . It usually has one strong and two weaker central ridges. The total length is about 50 cm. The handle is made of wood or bone.

literature

  • Werner Fischer, Manfred A. Zirngibl , African weapons: knives, daggers, swords, hatchets, throwing weapons , Verlag Prinz, 1978, p. 21
  • Leo Frobenius : African knives. In: Prometheus . Illustrated weekly on the advances in trade, industry and science. Mückenberger, Berlin Jg. 12, 1901, No. 48 = 620, p. 757.
  • 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 . Pp. 30, 268
  • Christopher Spring : African Arms and Armor. British Museum Press, London 1993, ISBN 0-7141-2508-3 . P. 48

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Zirngibl: panga na visu , 2009, p. 268
  2. ↑ Frobenius: African knives. , 1901, p. 757
  3. ↑ a b Zirngibl: African weapons , 1978, p. 21

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