Currency object, Marghi / Kirdi / Bagirmi people, Chad / Cameroon Iron Height with stand 65 cm While inspired by the large F-shaped throwing knives from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, and Sudan, this piece was certainly not designed for such use. With deliberately dull edges and a generally delicate construction, this type could have only functioned as a ceremonial object or currency object. Unfortunately, research on this uncommon type is insufficient. Interestingly, the incisions bear the characteristic mark of the incisions of Fur blades from Sudan – a stamped or rolled pattern that is both distinctive and not found elsewhere. Comparable examples have been published in Beauty in the Blade, Felix, Marc Leo, University of Missouri-Kansas City Gallery of Art, 1998, and Âmes de Formes - Formes de Lames, Neveux, Dr. M., Lefebvre, 2007. (Reference: Ethan Rider http://www.ertribal.com) Mounted on a metal stand.