The Cutting Edge

Download or read book The Cutting Edge written by Annette M. Schmidt and published by National Museum of Ethnology Leiden. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "African throwing knives constitute a unique category of weapons found nowhere else in the world. They were weapons of war and implements of the hunt. The end of the functional use of the throwing knife was during the last two decennia of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century. However, the end of traditional warfare did not mean that the throwing knife disappeared. Its persistence may be attributed to its potential to take on the role of ceremonial and ritual weapon and other completely new roles"--