Prestige Blade Modeled After a Mabo Throwing Knife
Mahdist, Sudan
Iron, vegetal fiber, monitor
1880 - 1899

This is an interpretation of a Ngbaka-Mabo throwing knife (Ndumo) that is covered in Islamic script known as thuluth. The script is sometimes legible and sometimes illegible. Cut from flat sheets metal, these blades were modeled after throwing knives from many parts of Africa and given as emblems of rank to Mahdist army leaders.

15 in :: 38 cm

InventoryID #13-2732

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