Telek knife of the Tuareg

datable to about 1930: straight blade with two edges and point, adorned with thin shells and geometric engravings; handle with small elliptical brass guard, handle with wooden sectors alternating with aluminum ferrules; boxed scabbard in copper, brass and iron sheet with leather core, open to the openwork and decorated with engravings of crosses and arabesques; in good condition, with some traces of use and patina of time L 50 cm