. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 2G1. Fig-. 87 is a saber brought by Capt. Long (Bey) from the Soudan Expedi- tion. It has a boldly curved steel blade and a wooden handle. The sheath and belt are of leather. The Nu- bian cimeter is, per- haps, even a little more curved than that shown from Soudan; but doubt- less the weapons of a district vary, and are not con lined rig- idly to a certain curve, as in some countries where such t
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 2G1. Fig-. 87 is a saber brought by Capt. Long (Bey) from the Soudan Expedi- tion. It has a boldly curved steel blade and a wooden handle. The sheath and belt are of leather. The Nu- bian cimeter is, per- haps, even a little more curved than that shown from Soudan; but doubt- less the weapons of a district vary, and are not con lined rig- idly to a certain curve, as in some countries where such things are de- fined in the "Regu- ; The curve in each case is much greater than that of ,, , ,, , Fig. 87.—Saber of Soudan, Africa. the , the east- ern cimeter of classic times. The Apongos use a cimeter of similar shape, and with a handle shaped like a dice-box. The blade is 4 feet long. No other cimeter of Africa has so peculiar a bend as the shotel of the Abys- The blade is nearly straight for two feet, and then suddenly makes a turn of about sixty degrees. The edge is on the concave side, and it is intended that the poiut shall reach over the top of an enemy's shield. The blade is wider and heavier toward the point. It is of soft iron, has a rhinoceros-horn handle, and is swung on the right side. Among the most curious weapons of the savage world are the hurling cimeters—if they may be so called—the trumbashes of the The term is from Sennaar, and refers generally to the missile weapons of the negroes. The trumbash of the Mam-mams (Jculbeda) Fig. 26, con- sists ordinarily of several limbs of iron with pointed prongs and sharp edges. Somewhat similar implements are used by the tribes of the Tsad basin, and a weapon on the same principle is used by the Marghy and Musgoo. The Niam-niams carry them attached to the insides of their shields ready for duty, and hurl them with great rapidity, force, and accuracy. They are made
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