Similar to a sickle, the trumbash was used as a throwing weapon or as currency.[1][2] The handle is usually made of wood, but it can be made of ivory or bone. It is more or less decorated, according to the rank of its owner and the use that is made of it.[3] The curved blade is made of iron.
trumbash, trumbash, trombash, mangbetu, throwing, knife, from, democratic, republic, congo, mangbetu, trumbashcontents, uses, gallery, references, bibliographyuses, editsimilar, sickle, trumbash, used, throwing, weapon, currency, handle, usually, made, wood, m. A trumbash or trombash is a Mangbetu throwing knife from the Democratic Republic of Congo Mangbetu trumbashContents 1 Uses 2 Gallery 3 References 4 BibliographyUses EditSimilar to a sickle the trumbash was used as a throwing weapon or as currency 1 2 The handle is usually made of wood but it can be made of ivory or bone It is more or less decorated according to the rank of its owner and the use that is made of it 3 The curved blade is made of iron Gallery Edit Trumbash with an ivory handle Trumbash with a anthropomorphic handle References Edit Alfred Mahieu Numismatique du Congo 1485 1925 instruments d echange 1925 p 23 Belgisch tijdschrift voor numismatiek en zegelkunde 1922 p 41 Werner Fischer Manfred A Zirngibl African Weapons Knives Daggers Swords Axes Throwing Knives 1978 p 67Bibliography EditJan Elsen De fer et de fierte Armes blanches d Afrique noire du Musee Barbier Mueller 5 Continents Editions Milan 2003 ISBN 88 7439 085 8 Tom Crowley Andrew Mills Weapons Culture and the Anthropology Museum 2018 This article relating to knives is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Democratic Republic of the Congo related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Trumbash amp oldid 1148518570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
