The Niger Bend | A Selection of Our Best Items |
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$500.00 Crocodile sheath knife
item #222Ivory Coast - Senufo 13". Click on the photo to remove the knife from the sheath. | $250.00 Old knife
item #218Niger - Tuareg This is one of the best quality, most creatively designed Tuareg knives. It measures 13 1/4" long. Most, if not all, Tuareg men carry such a knife as part of their "formal" attire. Although functional, the knives are as important, if not moreso, as personal adornment. Please click on the image to see two more knives of comparable quality. The second one measures 14" long, the third 18 3/4". |
$25.00 Small knives - new
item #219Niger - Tuareg These 4 small knives, though new, are genuine items that the Tuareg people actually do carry and use. They measure 5 1/2 to 6 1/4" long. The price is for each one. | $250.00 Small old Baule knife
item #31Ivory Coast - Baule 7 1/2" long (19 cm) This great old knife features 3 old, worn spiny oyster shells decorating its sheath. These shells are not indigenous to Ivory Coast and the ocean is a long trip from where the Baule live in Ivory Coast. They do come from the Indian Ocean, a long way from West Africa. The shell in its natural form is covered with long hard spines which may have been broken off but even if they were, these shells are so smooth and worn that they must be very very old. Please click on the image to see what the shell in its natural state looks like, before it was every worn down as you see on this old knife. |
$45.00 Small old knife
item #419Niger - Tuareg This genuine old, used knife would have been primarily used for leatherwork, a skill for which the Tuareg people are reknowned. |
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