Central and Southern African Tribal Art
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African Weapons
West African - North African - East African
(And a dagger from Bosnia Herzegovina)
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Berber Dagger - Morocco / Early Collected
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This Berber dagger is from the central anti Atlas mountain region, south of the high Atlas Mountain range. The cord is old and original, as well as typical of the dagger type.
Ornamental Daggers in Morocco have grown out of the intermingling of Moorish, Arabic and Berber cultures.
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Lakka - Kapsiki - Falli Throwing Knifes
Cameroon -Nigeria
Two circa 1900 Examples
Tibbu-Männer - Soudan
The cradle of throwing knives is the Sahara. Most likely they evolved from throwing sticks in the area of Kordofan and Tibesti in the Sudan and Chad.
South of the Mandara mountains in northern Cameroon and Nigeria are found the Kapsiki, Falli and Margi tribes. All three peoples share similar related forms of throwing knives.
According to ethnological literature, the blade was intentionally shaped to represent the rooster, which played an important part of their beliefs.
These throwing knives served as weapons and were "worn" as status items.
Click this map to view the throwing Blades of Central Africa
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Fon - Benin / Togo
A beautiful Fon Ceremonial Axe
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Most Fon art was commissioned by the royal court. This object was a royal marker of the king and his authority. It is old and in pristine condition. The blade and attached decorations are made of brass.
French Postcard - First half of the 20th Century
Stylized animals are symbols associated with particular rulers.
The Fon Kingdom of Dahomey, which was ruled by the kings of the Alladahonu dynasty for over 200 hundred years, reached its political and economic peak between the early 18th and the mid-19th centuries. After conquering numerous small coastal states, the Fon monopolized the region's slave trade, resulting in phenomenal economic gains. The income helped to support the wealth of the King whose power was absolute.
Offered and sold at Sotheby's New York Sale - May 16th 2008
The Fon king was defeated by the French in 1892, and in 1894 the area now known as Bénin, became a colony of France under the name of Dahomey.
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