A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

  • A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

  • A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

  • A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

  • A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

  • A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

  • A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

  • A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

  • A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

  • A Fine Azande Arm Dagger

A Fine Azande Arm Dagger
Azande / Banda / Banziri / Kreish / Sere / Bongo / Adio or neighboring people
Upper Ubangi- Ubangi- Shari, French Equatorial Africa (Central African Republic) - Uélé- Ubangi District, Belgian Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) - Dār Fertit - Bahr el Ghazail, Anglo- Egyptian Sudan (Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan)
Late 19th - Early 20th century (ca. 1900)
Steel, ivory (elephant), leather
Blade: 20,3cm
Hilt & Blade: 30cm
Hilt, Blade, Sheath: 30,5cm
Collection Date: 2023
Collection Number: 376

Ex. French Private Collection (2023)

The Azande arm dagger is similar to other arm daggers that can be found across Africa with minor differences in form and materials. This is a fine example from the Azande or closely neighboring people between the Central African Republic, Congo, and South Sudan.

The steel blade is nearly straight, double- edged with tripple fullers. The central fuller extends almost to the point and has zig-zag decoration in between. Two section hilt carved from elephant ivory, decorated in black circle- dot motifs and line work. The sheath is leather with traditional stamped designs.