Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2006, 04:49 PM
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Oups...
A little mistake...
Here is the link :
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1734
Zan
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2006, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 7
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Hi Lucasz,
Please take a look at this thread...
Hi Lucasz,
Please take a look at this thread
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1734
This knife comes probably from West Africa, and Senegal is a good guess. The handle is not...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th March 2006, 04:24 AM
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Replies: 17
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Hi Puff,
The pictures comes from the New...
Hi Puff,
The pictures comes from the New Testament of the Bible, and not the Guran, so it makes sense. It is Arab, not Muslim.
Zan (still another Frenchie!, but from Québec)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2006, 03:36 AM
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Replies: 5
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Hi everybody,
While I was myself in Morocco...
Hi everybody,
While I was myself in Morocco (in 2005), I was surprised about the incredible burst of tourist-made koumiyas. On the other hand, the "real thing" was difficult to find, and also...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2006, 04:22 AM
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Replies: 9
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Bonjour Monsieur Lefebvre, et bienvenue!
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Bonjour Monsieur Lefebvre, et bienvenue!
Your web site is fantastic and well documented. The section on the masks is also of great interest.
Did you travel yourself in those beautiful african...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th February 2006, 01:07 AM
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2006, 04:01 AM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2006, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,766
Women's Dogon knife
This much more bigger knife represents the women's one. The handle depicts a women in the distinctive Dogon's style. The blade is also double-edged and of local origin.
Womens use this kind of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2006, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 13
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Small Dogon knife
This one was the personal knife of a seller in a small Dogon village. He had not a single knife to sell, so he sold is own.
Mens use to wear at least one of those tiny knifes. Older mens were...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th January 2006, 02:04 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,766
Dogons
Hi,
Radu is perfectly right : it is a typical Dogon knife. This fascinating tribe limited to Mali is one of the only in Western Africa with preserved way of life, traditions and belief. Most still...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2006, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,766
Bambara knife 2
This one is from a Bambara village near Ségou. It was the personal knife of one man in that village.
If the scabbard is newly made, the blade is quite old. And there is again those plastic white...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2006, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 13,766
Bambara knife
This is a recently made knife from the small village of Sègué, Mali. In fact, it is was special order to the local blacksmith !
The blade as not been polished, but is very sharp. Most importantly,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2006, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 13
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Souvenir knife ?
Hi everybody,
I agree with Dom that it is probably a sub-saharean knife.
The scabbard looks Bambara to me (it is the dominant ethnic group of Mali, particularly around Bamako). I dont know from...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2005, 03:23 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,121
Thank you Rick :)
The grip of you...
Thank you Rick :)
The grip of you marchette is stricly identical to mine, exept for the marks. Probably from the same manufacturer. If it is not made of wood nor horn, is it plastic-made ? If...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th November 2005, 02:08 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,121
Thank you M Eley :)
Your explications are...
Thank you M Eley :)
Your explications are very interesting.
My oncle thinks that a long time ago, one of is sisters back from a trip to Europe brought back this machete as a souvenir, but he is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2005, 02:14 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,121
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2005, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,121
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2005, 02:09 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,121
A machete mystery
Hi everybody,
My oncle used tu cut water melons at is fruit shop with this machete. The blade is very flexible and we can see some marks ("Nicaragua" and "LAPA??"). On the reverse side of the very...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th October 2005, 04:14 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,797
Thank you Ahriman, Jim and Tim.
Because of...
Thank you Ahriman, Jim and Tim.
Because of the quality of this sword, wich is far better than my other west-african swords and knifes, I though it HAS to be an all-European sword, but the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2005, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,797
Thank you Tim and Ahriman,
Although it is...
Thank you Tim and Ahriman,
Although it is very possible this sword is a copy of a French sabre, I am realy not sure because the finish of the handle is far better than what I was expected to see...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2005, 06:01 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,797
An European - Manding sword ?
Hello everybody,
I am a long time reader of this forum and for the first time, I want to submit to your opinion a sword. As you can see, it is an obvious European sabre from the 19th or the first...
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