Seme (dagger)
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A seme,[1][2] simi[3] or ol alem[4] or Njora is a type of dagger or short sword used by the Maasai and Kikuyu peoples of Kenya in East Africa.[3][5]
They have a distinctive leaf-shaped blade, with a relatively rounded point. Scabbards are generally made of wood covered with rawhide, and dyed red.
See also
Notes
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- ↑ "Kenyan Maasai "Ol Alem" ", connectingcultures.us
- ↑ "African Masai Seme (Ol Alem)", Lew Waldman's Ethnographic Arms & Armour
- ↑ a b "Kikuyu simi with scabbard", IWM
- ↑ "Ol alem (sword)", John Woodman Higgins Armory collection
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Further reading
- George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Verlag Courier Dover Publications, 1999, Template:ISBN
- Nick Evangelista: The encyclopedia of the sword, Verlag Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995, Template:ISBN