Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2013, 12:38 AM
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Hi Tim,
This is nice shield. I did not know...
Hi Tim,
This is nice shield. I did not know that this Turkana/Acholi style shields were made of steel, too.... Another steel shields were those ones of Fali/Kirdi style from the North Cameroon...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th March 2013, 12:04 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 10,845
Hi Battara,
Congratulations to this nice Afar...
Hi Battara,
Congratulations to this nice Afar Chief ! Let me allow to take this opportunity to post again the picture of my old catch, which is similar to yours.
Re. "Arab similarity" - there is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th March 2013, 11:40 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2013, 11:28 PM
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Replies: 27
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Congratulation on your nice collection of...
Congratulation on your nice collection of Abyssinian sabres, Wolf (nicely treated blades)!
As far as the group photo is concerned, I think the lowest sabre is "gile" ("jely"), allegedly used by...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2013, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,280
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2013, 01:19 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,280
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2013, 08:41 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 61,206
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2013, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 61,206
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th February 2013, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 7,280
There is stable exhibition of Americaīs art in...
There is stable exhibition of Americaīs art in Naprstek museum in Prague, incl. nice shields (but I think mostly north American). If they do not mind making photos, I could try, but I think they are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th February 2013, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 61,206
Hi Iain,
The head of upper spear (not the...
Hi Iain,
The head of upper spear (not the shape, but the style of surface - flat section followed by a rib) shows a likeness to another Indian spear called Ballam (again from the book by Tirri)....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2013, 10:23 PM
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Replies: 29
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2013, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 21,259
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Forum: European Armoury
14th February 2013, 10:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th February 2013, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 21,259
Yet another older threads and link: ...
Yet another older threads and link:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/search.php?searchid=306697
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12998&highlight=javelin...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2013, 11:43 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,376
Hi Iain,
Thank you, this is nice. -...
Hi Iain,
Thank you, this is nice. - congratulations ! (Once, I would like to do something similar. Or better - once I would need to do the same - I mean to organize the collection...But for me it is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th February 2013, 11:18 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 21,259
Very interesting spear...Probably from the...
Very interesting spear...Probably from the northern part of Africa - but would Arabian origin be a big nonsense ? (what about heavier kind of javelin with "armour piercing" head ?)
For comparision...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th February 2013, 09:04 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 23,648
Hi Dom,
As I wrote already I stroke sail...
Hi Dom,
As I wrote already I stroke sail .....so I do not understand. :confused:
Of course before I made reference for Tirriīs book I went through it. But If you are going to be precise, there is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2013, 08:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2013, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 23,648
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th February 2013, 05:58 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 23,648
Hi Dom and Cerjak,
OK - I strike sail, guns are...
Hi Dom and Cerjak,
OK - I strike sail, guns are not my field.
But where are those old times of takoubas and teleks.....- Enclosed plese find "Tuaregs through the eye of time".
And also - where are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th February 2013, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 23,648
Hi Cerjak and Dom,
I will try to resist a...
Hi Cerjak and Dom,
I will try to resist a little to make the discussion more funny. This style of the gunstock including the shaping for finger was common in Sahara a and till now I was of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd February 2013, 09:36 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 23,648
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st January 2013, 09:53 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th January 2013, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 39,911
Hi,
Without any aspirations (I donīt have...
Hi,
Without any aspirations (I donīt have knowledge about jambiyas), let me just join this opportunity and share the picture of the only one jambiya from Arabian peninsula I have. This jambiya...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th January 2013, 10:27 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,373
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