6th Dec, 2017 10:00

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

 
Lot 74
 

74

A LARGE GROUP OF MOSTLY AFRICAN SMALL WEAPONS

A LARGE GROUP OF MOSTLY AFRICAN SMALL WEAPONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising a Congolese sword, probably from the Salampasu tribe, with shaped iron blade and carved wooden hilt; a Sudanese throwing knife of characteristic form, with five blades (grip missing); a Somali Billaou dagger with broad leaf-shaped blade, wooden grip, in its scabbard; two Kenyan swords, probably from Lamu, each with widening leaf-shaped blade, in their scabbards; a Persian dagger (jambiya), with curved double-edged blade decorated with traces of silver scrolling foliage and bone hilt; a Moroccan dagger (jambiya) of characteristic form, in its metal scabbard; together with eleven daggers, two scabbards, and a brass ashtray the first: 44.8 cm; 17 5/8 in blade (22)

Sold for £300


 
A LARGE GROUP OF MOSTLY AFRICAN SMALL WEAPONS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising a Congolese sword, probably from the Salampasu tribe, with shaped iron blade and carved wooden hilt; a Sudanese throwing knife of characteristic form, with five blades (grip missing); a Somali Billaou dagger with broad leaf-shaped blade, wooden grip, in its scabbard; two Kenyan swords, probably from Lamu, each with widening leaf-shaped blade, in their scabbards; a Persian dagger (jambiya), with curved double-edged blade decorated with traces of silver scrolling foliage and bone hilt; a Moroccan dagger (jambiya) of characteristic form, in its metal scabbard; together with eleven daggers, two scabbards, and a brass ashtray the first: 44.8 cm; 17 5/8 in blade (22)