African Arms and Armor pt.2

This is a continuation of my other blog post African African Arms and Armor pt.1

Bornu empire: Telek (short sword)

Nubia:Mahdi/(god's) Axe 

 Nubia:Kpinga- This particular ancient throwing knife was discovered in lower Nubia



Sudan:Axe

Fang:Makaa (Short sword/dagger)

 DRC:Mangbetu 
 

 

Sudanese: arm dagger 

Bornu Empire: Iron Cuirass 

 20th century African Iron,Wood dagger

Antique works of art from Benin

Sword Date: 19th century Geography: Nigeria, Court of Benin 

Africa: Possibly Tuareg Iron,Leather 

Sudan: Kaskara sword

 

Shield from the Amhara people of Ethiopia 

  DRC: Knife iron, wood, and brass

 Shield ("Tafa" or "Gasha") from the Amhara people of Ethiopia

Abyssinian (Ethiopian) Warriors

Fulani mounted warrior

  Nubian infantryman of the Kingdom of Makuria in the 10th century AD. Nubian knight of Dongola

Quilted armored Hausa Calvary.

 

 

Sudanese Mahdi period with original quilted lining,British Museum

Cameroon: Crocodile skin vest,
shows the creativity and ingenuity of artists from the Cameroons. Its painstaking craftsmanship tells us it was likely made for a person of high status, such as a great warrior. Field Museum of Natural History.

 Asante region, Ghana: State sword (afena, Mpomponsuo) with curved cast iron blade. The wooden hilt which are covered with leopard skin. Sheath (boha) is made of leopard skin. The lost wax cast hollow gold sword ornament (abosodee) depicts a coiled snake, (probably a python) gripping an antelope (possibly a dyker (otwe) in its jaws

Kenya: Shield from the Maasai people, Cow or buffalo hide, polychrome paint. Young warriors, not yet considered to be the equals of the older, were allowed just the use of black motifs on their shields. Only a man who had proven his bravery was allowed the color red.

Maasai warriors ca. early 1900s

South Africa: shield from the Zulu people