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FIFTEEN AFRICAN WEAPONS
A Zulu knobkerry with spherical head and two bands of copper and white metal wirework about the shaft; a southern Africa axe with incised concentric circlets about the rectangular head, crescent tip to the blade; two Salampasu swords, one with finely worked sheath; a Yakoma or Ngbandi axe with circular head with inset brass tacks, the copper-bound shaft with deeply carved geometric ornament at the center; two Kuba knives, one with copper blade the other of iron, each with shaped wood hilt inset with geometric design in white metal wire; three knives with incised iron blades and copper and brass binding to the hilts; and five North African knives and two sheaths
The longest 33¼in. (84.5cm.) (17)
A Zulu knobkerry with spherical head and two bands of copper and white metal wirework about the shaft; a southern Africa axe with incised concentric circlets about the rectangular head, crescent tip to the blade; two Salampasu swords, one with finely worked sheath; a Yakoma or Ngbandi axe with circular head with inset brass tacks, the copper-bound shaft with deeply carved geometric ornament at the center; two Kuba knives, one with copper blade the other of iron, each with shaped wood hilt inset with geometric design in white metal wire; three knives with incised iron blades and copper and brass binding to the hilts; and five North African knives and two sheaths
The longest 33¼in. (84.5cm.) (17)