Seme (dagger)
Encyclopedia
A seme is a type of dagger
or short sword
used by the Maasai people of East Africa
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Typically it is seen with a wooden handle. The scabbard is wood covered with rawhide dyed red and tipped with a coin in old versions.
Dagger
A dagger is a fighting knife with a sharp point designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon. The design dates to human prehistory, and daggers have been used throughout human experience to the modern day in close combat confrontations...
or short sword
Sword
A sword is a bladed weapon used primarily for cutting or thrusting. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographical region under consideration...
used by the Maasai people of East Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
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Typically it is seen with a wooden handle. The scabbard is wood covered with rawhide dyed red and tipped with a coin in old versions.