Very Large Prestige Sickle Blade
Binja / Bandia / Nsakara, Central African Republic / D.R. Congo
Forged Iron, wood, iron wrap
Early 20th century

This sickle blade comes from a complex of groups that inhabit the north-central D.R. Congo and the adjacent parts of the Central African Republic, a region covered in tropical rainforest and forested savannah. The blades of the Binja typically share the characteristcs seen on this blade of the handle shape, large spur, and general form. Neighboring groups such as the Bandia, Boa, and Nsakara, produced blades with comparable incision designs and general outlines (Elsen, Fatal Beauty, 2009; Elsen, Tribal Arms Monographs: The Sickle Weapons, Part 1, 1996).

33 in :: 84 cm

InventoryID #13-1158

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