Questions about African Artifacts

[Bhfs300]

I have a couple of African artifacts that I would like some information on if someone could help me.
Here are two pictures of what I have that I would like some information on.

 

[BRICKBURN]

Excalibur?

Where did you find the sword?

 

[Bhfs300]

Excalibur?

Thanks but this isn’t England? Scotland?

 

[BenH2016]

What kind of info are you after? Where did you get them?

 

[Bhfs300]

An uncle on my wife’s side of the family was a missionary in Africa and the story is they were given to him by a tribes leader?
But don’t know where or what they are?

 

[fourfive8]

They look like Tuareg items from northern Africa- northern Sudan area? The type of leather and the "T" handled sword is typical of the Tuareg.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

They look like Tuareg items from northern Africa- northern Sudan area? The type of leather and the "T" handled sword is typical of the Tuareg.

Here are images of Tuareg sword on Google

 

[Bhfs300]

Thanks it does look like these swords.

 

[Red Leg]

Pretty sure that is what you have - would assume that the bag is from the same cultural group. Most swords from the southern through eastern Saharan rim follow the same general pattern. The most impressive of the form were the large broadswords called Kaskara used by the Mahdi's forces against the British in the Victorian era. Supposedly, the straight blades and cross-guard were copied from Crusader blades - though most historians assume that is a bit of European ethnocentricity slipping into the actual history of the form. Neighboring cultures like the Tuareg copied the form, but rarely had access to enough iron to make the larger swords of South Sudan. You could probably pen it down exactly if you knew the location of his missionary work. It is quite likely that they could have been a gift.

 

[ScottG]

I like the bag.