Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2024, 09:42 AM
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The same example is in the neighboring topic...
The same example is in the neighboring topic Helleri "Cane knife".
Collectors call this type of blades from South Africa - Shona. However, in the territory of modern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th September 2024, 07:39 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2024, 06:00 PM
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I agree 100%.
But it seems to me that the...
I agree 100%.
But it seems to me that the names of African swords, daggers that we use and were mostly invented by researchers/collectors will remain the same. These names have become too...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2024, 09:46 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2024, 08:20 PM
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[QUOTE=Changdao;293351]Those weapon figures in...
[QUOTE=Changdao;293351]Those weapon figures in that book are mostly wrong. In Figure 8, most of those dagger are in a style usually associated with the Toubou, not the Hausa, and the dagger like...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2024, 06:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2024, 04:27 PM
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In House, "Mandinka" was apparently called...
In House, "Mandinka" was apparently called bisalami, almulku.
The author provides interesting data in the note to chapter 3:
19 Leather- and metal-crafts were important native industries....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2024, 08:48 AM
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Thank you, Marc.
I raised this topic because...
Thank you, Marc.
I raised this topic because the current names of African swords and daggers are mostly invented by researchers/collectors or taken, for example, from the name of the people or tribe...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2024, 07:39 PM
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Names of African Swords
I propose to discuss the remarkable work of Joseph P. Smaldone "Warfare in the Sokoto Caliphate".
In the public domain:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2024, 01:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2024, 09:07 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2024, 10:54 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st August 2024, 08:33 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2024, 09:03 AM
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Perhaps this kampilan was used in religious...
Perhaps this kampilan was used in religious ceremonies and belonged to a local priest. Similar items are found among shamans of the peoples of Siberia.
How do you like this version?
Regards,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th July 2024, 11:36 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2024, 09:15 PM
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If it is made in Tanzania or Kenya, then the...
If it is made in Tanzania or Kenya, then the batons are made from ebony, a very strong and heavy wood. Although judging by the light chips of the wood, it is not ebony.
Here is the Maasai Orkuma...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2024, 12:00 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2024, 04:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2024, 10:22 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th June 2024, 09:26 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2024, 09:46 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2024, 09:01 AM
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Hi Ian
Interesting sword.
The faces on...
Hi Ian
Interesting sword.
The faces on the hilt are similar to the Kifwebe Songye masks.
2 questions arise:
1. Did Songye have copper/brass casting? I don’t have such information, perhaps...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd June 2024, 08:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd June 2024, 04:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th June 2024, 09:13 PM
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