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Du couteau au sabre / From Knife to Sabre: Armes traditionnelles d'Afrique 2 / Traditional Arms of Africa 2
Tristan Arbousse Bastide
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In this second volume dedicated to the study of African edged weapons (see BAR 1098, 2003 for volume 1), the author focuses on short-knives, cutlasses, chopping-knives,machetes, and sabres. These weapons are characterized by a blade with a convex or eventually a straight single edge and sometimes a limited false edge. Also included in this study are weapons with a curved double cutting edge. The typology presents five main categories, the distinctions between them being established according to morphological and metrical evidence based on the observation of 275 weapons. These weapons, collected during the colonial era (mainly at the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century), are held by various European museums and private collections. Several areas in Africa are represented in this study: Northern Africa (from Morocco to Tunisia), Western Africa (countries from the Gulf of Guinea and Sahara), Central Africa (mainly the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries), Eastern Africa (the Great Lakes area up to Djibouti, Sudan as a northern limit and Kenya as a southern limit). The categories studied are: short knives, cutlasses, chopping knives, 'machetes', and sabers. The work is illustrated with the author's own highly-detailed drawings.
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Title
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Du couteau au sabre / From knife to sabre
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Les couteaux traditionnels d’Afrique / Traditional African short-knives
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Les coutelas traditionnels d'Afrique / Traditional African cutlasses
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Les hachoirs traditionnels d'Afrique / Traditional African chopping-knives
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Les machettes traditionnelles d’Afrique / Traditional African machetes
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Les sabres traditionnels d’Afrique / Traditional African sabres
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Liste des armes / List of weapons
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Références objets / Artifact references
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Bibliographie / Bibliography
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Table des matières / Table of contents
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Published: 2008
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407332536 (ebook)
- 9781407302539 (paperback)
BAR Number: S1764