Yakoma status ax
| Yakoma status ax | |
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| Weapon type: | Axe |
| Use: | Weapon, professional weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Africa , Yakoma ethnic group |
| Distribution: | Africa |
| Overall length: | approx. 40 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, metal wire, metal nails |
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The Yakoma status ax 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 Yakoma status ax has a straight, double-edged blade. The blade is at the place bent upward. A sharp protrusion is forged on the lower side of the blade (see picture info box). From the handle on, the blade has a slight central ridge that ends at the point where the blade bends upwards. A second central ridge begins at the forged projection and runs to the tip of the blade. Usually round or rectangular holes are worked into the blade. The shaft is made of wood and wrapped with copper wire from the pommel to the blade head. Around the middle of the booklet, a piece of the copper winding is excluded and shown carved. The blade head is studded with brass nails. The ax described here is used as a weapon and a professional weapon. The Yakoma ax is used by the Yakoma ethnic group.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Picture at African weapons (accessed September 30, 2009).
literature
- Christopher Spring: African arms and armor. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC 1993, ISBN 1-560-98317-5 .
- Werner Fischer, Manfred A. Zirngibl: African weapons. Knives, daggers, swords, axes, thrown weapons. Prinz-Verlag, Passau 1978, ISBN 3-9800212-0-3 .