Tsonga (weapon)
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| Weapon type: | Axe |
| Use: | Weapon, professional weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Africa , ethnicity of the Congo |
| Distribution: | Africa |
| Overall length: | approx. 50 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, brass nails |
| Particularities: | The ax is used as a weapon and a professional weapon. |
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The tsonga is an African ax . African axes 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 tsonga has a heart-shaped, single-edged blade. The blade is attached to the shaft with the tang. The shaft is round and becomes thicker towards the blade head. The blade head is made in the shape of a crescent moon (see picture info box). The crescent-shaped blade head is decorated with large brass nail heads. The whole shaft is round and polished. The Tsonga ax is used by the Tsonga and Zulu ethnic groups. There are different versions.
See also
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.
Web links
- Knives and swords at Hamill Gallery
- different knives at EthnoTribal Art
- Knives, swords, axes and daggers at Galerie Ezakwantu ( Memento from January 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ image at Galerie Ekzanwantu (seen on October 5, 2009).