Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A Sudanese sword (kaskara), broad double edged blade 37 in., iron crosspiece with squared-off quillons and langets, wooden grip; two other African swords (the type normally described as takouba), cruciform hilts covered with sheet metal, nut-shaped pommels, one with hide scabbard; and another African sword, curved European blade 30 in., wooden hilt with white metal collar and pommel, lacking scabbard unless otherwise stated. [4]