Mbuun sword

Mbuun sword
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Weapon type:	sword
Distribution:	Africa , ethnic groups Mbuun and Pende
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The Mbuun sword is an African sword . It is used by the Mbuun and Pende in the southwestern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

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The Mbuun sword has a straight, broad, double-edged blade . The blade is the same width from the handle to the location ; then it widens in a diamond shape . The handle is made of wood and is often anthropomorphic shaped and with brass shod . The sheath is made of leather with characteristic leather strips dangling at the end.

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Christopher Spring : African arms and armor. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC 1993, ISBN 978-1-56098-317-0 , pp. 91-92, plate 20.
↑ 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. 197, 310.

[Spring-1] Christopher Spring : African arms and armor. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC 1993, ISBN 978-1-56098-317-0 , pp. 91-92, plate 20.

[2] 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. 197, 310.