Early 20th Century Sudanese Belt Knife from North Africa

This is a circa early 20th century Sudanese belt knife from North Africa. The knife comes in a brightly painted leather scabbard with a large woven wicker belt loop handle. There are small engraved markings along both sides of the blade. The handle of the knife has its own mini-blade at top.

Circa early 20th century.

Knife: approximately 12-1/8" in length and 1-5/8" in width (at widest point); blade only: 7-5/16" in length by 1-1/4" in width (at widest point); scabbard: 7-1/2" in length and 1-1/2" in width (not including loop).

Steel, painted leather, wicker/straw.

Loop handle.

None.

This is from an African weapons collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. SHOP(?) VBEX08 LHEX9/14 SLFJX8/15 TLADEX10/03/19

7 (Overall Very Fine): The knife has moderate wear and oxidation to the blade; the scabbard is in exceptional condition.

As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.