Fine Mandinka Short Sword
Mandinka / Soninke / Mande speaking people
French West African Region (Nigeria, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso)
Late 19th century (ca. 1885)
Steel, wood, horn, brass
Blade: 43,8cm
Hilt & Blade: 58,4cm
Hilt, Blade, Sheath: -cm
Collection Date: 2022
Collection Number: 294

Ex. Rick Stroud (RSWORD): Raleigh, North Carolina (2022)
Ex. Oriental Arms: Haifa, Isreal (2022) (https://oriental-arms.com/product/long-dagger-short-sword-of-the-malinke-mandingo/)

A fine short sword of the West African Mande speaking people. The steel blade is straight, double-edged with a slightly raised medial ridge. Hilt made of wood with stacked segments of horn, brass collar, brass circle inlays, and a brass pommel. Missing its sheath. A quality sword with appealing decoration.

• https://www.rswordantiqueblades.com/sold#/new-gallery-395/

• https://oriental-arms.com/product/long-dagger-short-sword-of-the-malinke-mandingo/

• https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1852-0930-35-a

• https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af-9066-a

• https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af-5319

• https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1978-22-443-a

• https://prm.ox.ac.uk/collections-online#/item/prm-object-44508

• http://www.africanarms.com/gallery?8-mandingo-36-4-cm

• http://www.africanarms.com/gallery?0-5-mandingo-dagger-36-42-cm

• http://africanarms.com/gallery?7-mandingo-silver-dagger-37-5-cm