Vintage Tebu Arm Dagger with Scarce Fish Tail Scabbard.

An unusually large Tebu peoples arm dagger with iron pommel, leather bound grip, hand wrought steel blade ending in a spear point. It comes with its original and scarce leather fish tail scabbard, why there are just a few examples of this type of scabbard, I do not know, however they are highly prized by collectors. The Tebu people are an ethnic group native to the Tibesti Mountains that inhabit the central Sahara in northern Chad, southern Libya and north eastern Niger. They live either as herders and nomads or as farmers near oases. Their society is clan-based, with each clan having certain oases, pastures and wells. This dagger is in excellent condition, no rust to the blade or pommel and nice overall patination. It measures 22 inches long. Shipping to UK mainland only.