Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2011, 12:38 PM
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Replies: 9
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Hello all,
Tao4mind contacted me on my...
Hello all,
Tao4mind contacted me on my private mail few weeks ago to ask me what these weapons were. Here is what i told him: this is a set of fantasy/souvenirs weapons 'made in Taiwan' for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2011, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 12,164
Hello Kukulza,
Here are all the infos I have...
Hello Kukulza,
Here are all the infos I have on the Taiwanese crossbows:
- See Material Culture of the formosan Aborigines , by Chen chi-lu.
PP152 153 154
To sum up what's in the book:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2011, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 29,387
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th March 2011, 02:40 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 29,387
Hello all,
I finally received a mail...
Hello all,
I finally received a mail confirmation from Oliver Pinchot saying that I was the winner of the lot 194 (nearly one week after the end of the sale) and that an invoice would be sent to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd March 2011, 02:03 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 29,387
Lot 194
8AM in Shanghai, a chilly but very sunny day is starting. :)
Just checked anxiously my email box. Still no official confirmation mail from Imperial Auctions, 4 days after the sale. :confused:
I...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd March 2011, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 29,387
Hello Dom,
I'm as impatient as you are to...
Hello Dom,
I'm as impatient as you are to know about this confirmation mail. :)
Bien le bonjour a Paris.
Hello Rick,
I just PMed Ward.
Thanks for your suggestion.
I will keep you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st March 2011, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 50
Views: 29,387
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2010, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 17,506
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2010, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 27,293
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th June 2010, 12:54 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 39,021
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2010, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 17,506
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th June 2010, 04:30 AM
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Replies: 42
Views: 39,021
This is not my usual field of expertise but one...
This is not my usual field of expertise but one thing stroke me: the ressemblance of the pattern on the blade of this hunting knife with the traditional pattern of the ancestor snake on the Paiwan...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2010, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 17,506
A Paiwan knife on Ebay
Well, I also found my own treasure recently, and I found it on…Ebay.
The knife was mislabeled (a kris… from the Philippines…), and it was not placed in the right category. See :...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd June 2010, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 22,809
To follow up
I finally dealt with my computer problem, and after catching back on a load of postponed matters, I'm coming back to the forum.
My friend is an eccentric artist that is spending some of his Sundays...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th May 2010, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 22,809
Sorry for this long interruption. I've been...
Sorry for this long interruption. I've been following this thread, but I couldn 't post before as my computer broke down few days ago. This is terrible how we can become dependant from these things....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2010, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 22,809
Chinsese weapons : need some ID
A friend of mine picked these weapons in a flea market in Shanghai. I'm posting for him. He would like to know more about them. Can you help ?
Thanks.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2010, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2010, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 21,839
Kukulza, I sincerely hope you'll find a quality...
Kukulza, I sincerely hope you'll find a quality Paiwan knife one day. They are rare and like what is rare, they have a price. The challenge is first to find one, a good one, and then to be able to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2010, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 19,486
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2010, 12:45 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 11,261
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th April 2010, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 21,839
The Philip Tom article on the Paiwan swords
The link in the forum link list to the excellent article 'Knives of the Taiwan Aborigines' by Sherrod V. Anderson & Philip Tom appears to be not yet working so I copied the article here after.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st April 2010, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 11,254
The Takasago Volunteers
The Takasago volunteers
Well, a very dear friend authorized me to reproduce hereafter, in this thread, a copy of the original picture he owns. I share this photo with you, because I would like to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2010, 02:12 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 19,486
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2010, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 19,486
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th March 2010, 02:31 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 17,311
I wrote in a post before on the same thread : “...
I wrote in a post before on the same thread : “ hanging dagger called takkurus, that is a largely symbolic weapon, always carried by men when going outdoors as an ornament and to "fight"/repel the...
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