Prestige/Throwing Knife, Musri
Teda, Chad / Sudan (Wadai / Ennedi / Borku Region)
Iron, braided leather, cotton
Late 19th century

Known as Musri, these blades were primarily prestige emblems, but also functional weapons and throwing knives used by the Teda, Daza, and Zaghawa. This example wears excellent decoration on the back side, as described by Westerdijk: "Apart from rare adornments consisting of roughly incised crosshatching, usually applied to the reverse of the top branch only, the blades normally lack every form of ornamentation" (The African Throwing Knife, 1988). Jan Elsen calls this type "the ultimate throwing knives of the North" (De fer et de fierté, 2003).

ex. Pentti Tolamaa, Finland (1931-2009).

24 in :: 61 cm

InventoryID #13-902

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