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The Nzappa Zap has a club like handle that flares at the base and has a rounded head. The blade is also attached through a post extending from the handle. Nzappa Zaps sometimes has two or three human faces in the iron head. The axe is ceremonial and usually kept and carried by the chiefs of the Songye. The weapon holds power and significance ...
The Nzappa zap is a weapon from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and can be considered one of the more unusual-looking throwing axes. The Nzappa zaps sometimes had an iron head with two or three human faces. The handle had the shape of a club with a round upper part. The head is attached to the club via struts, giving the weapon its unique ...
Zappo Zap. Songye people in 1947 with a protector statue. The Zappo Zaps were a group of Songye people from the eastern Kasaï region in what today is the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They acted as allies of the Congo Free State authorities, while trading in ivory, rubber and slaves. [1] In 1899 they were sent out by the colonial ...
English: Ceremonial axe, Songe people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19th - early 20th century, ... Nzappa zap; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
However, this axe was actually called kilonda by the Songye and the Nsapo, not "Nzappa Zap". "Nzappa Zap" seems to be a mistranslation of Nsapo Nsapo, which is a cultural group rather than the name of an axe. The name "Nzappa Zap" seem to originate from a show called "Forged In Fire" on the American History Channel.
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
Francisca. The francisca (or francesca) was a throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians (about 500 to 750 AD). It is known to have been used during the reign of Charlemagne (768–814). [1] Although generally associated with the ...
Pages in category "Throwing axes". The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Throwing axe.