The ikul consists of a leaf-shaped blade (iron or copper or wood) and a wooden handle finished with a round knob with sometimes decorative inlays. The blade has a well-marked central edge and can be decorated with engravings.[1][2][3] They are ceremonial knives, some of which are made solely of wood (handle and blade) and richly decorated.[4]Шаблон:,[2]
The ikul are about 35 centimetres long. According to tradition, King Shyaam aMbul aNgoong would have introduced the ikul in the seventeenth century after a long period of war. The king would then have forbidden the shongo sword to replace it with the ikul, a symbol of peace.
↑Johanna Agthe, Karin Strauß: Waffen aus Zentral-Afrika. Dezernat für Kultur und Freizeit der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt, 1985. Шаблон:ISBN, S. 121 (Abb. 109) p. 303
↑ 2,02,1Christopher Spring: African Arms and Armour. British Museum Press, London 1993, Шаблон:ISBN, p. 89 f.
↑Monica Blackmun Visonà et al.: A History of Art in Africa. Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2003. Шаблон:ISBN, p. 399 (Google-Digitalisat)
↑Colleen E. Kriger: Pride of Men: Ironworking in 19th Century West Central Africa. Heinemann, 1999. Шаблон:ISBN, p. 170 (Google-Digitalisat)
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