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€ 500 - 600
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€ 1.216
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Information
Knife: 45.5cm tall; Sheath: 27cm tall
Knife with sheath.
Local name: billawo.
Symmetrical double-edged blade made with steel. Handle made of bone that ends in a metal cone. The leather sheath is decorated with strips of hind. It was attached to the waist as a weapon for show by Arab males.It was used not just as a defensive weapon and for war, but also for hunting and domestic use.
Knife with sheath.
Local name: billawo.
Symmetrical double-edged blade made with steel. Handle made of bone that ends in a metal cone. The leather sheath is decorated with strips of hind. It was attached to the waist as a weapon for show by Arab males.It was used not just as a defensive weapon and for war, but also for hunting and domestic use.
Literature
CARDELLI ANTINORI ALESSANDRA & HOHENEGGER MARGHERITA, Lo Splendore del Guerriero: Le armi africane antiche del Museo Pigorini, Roma 1999, pag. 14 (billawo) (642);