Tuareg
It's 35.5" long, with a 29" blade.
It weighs a hefty 1lb 2oz.
There's some sort of braided fibre at both ends of the grip.
The lower part of the blade is quite worn, from sharpening I assume.
It feels quite flimsy, and in fact is significantly bent:
The whole blade is covered in scoring like this.
Ethnographic Edged Weapon Resource Site article on the Takouba
Arms & Armour Collection
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