Paamba
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| Weapon type: | knife |
| Designations: | Paamba |
| Use: | Weapon, professional weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Africa , Yakoma ethnic groups, Ngbandi |
| Distribution: | Africa |
| Overall length: | approx. 40.4 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, metal |
| Particularities: | The blades are often made of copper |
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The paamba is an African knife . African knives were developed and used in different countries and by different ethnic groups in Africa as weapons of war, hunting, culture and civil status. The respective designation of the weapon refers to a variant of this weapon type that is assigned to a certain ethnic group .
description
The Paamba knife has a straight double-edged blade made of copper. The blade starts oval at the handle and then becomes wider. The edges of the cutting edges that then follow are inclined a short distance. The rest of the blade is up to the place designed oval. The first oval piece after the handle is pierced, as is the blade piece with the beveled edges. The patterns of the openings vary from version to version. In the blade, offset from the center, usually one or two deep hollow grinds are incorporated. The booklet is made of wood and is wrapped with metal wire. The Paamba knife is used by the Yakoma and Ngbandi ethnic groups .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum of Ethnology Frankfurt am Main, Johanna Agthe, Karin Strauss, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Department for Culture and Leisure: Arms from Central Africa. Verlag Museum für Völkerkunde, 1985, p. 108.
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. Verlag Prinz, 1978.
