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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() A very nice kindjal! I think that his blade was made at the end of the 19th century by the Ottoman Turks, and the silver fittings were made by a master from among the Caucasian immigrants - muhajirs. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/combate-de-mujeres/ee076233-5858-4a35-a5c0-9ce631cd5382 In the upper left corner of the picture there is a very interesting Spanish or Neopolitan... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Just now I noticed this fascinating topic! I think that 5 images of the swastika symbolize 5 types of happiness - longevity, wealth and prosperity, body health and peace of mind, virtue and a... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() The character "rou" has the meaning "to bend something while heating on fire." But I could not find a direct indication of blacksmithing :shrug: |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Quite right, Ian! I used this photo as an example of the difference between the species of deer antlers. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() 止伸 "zhishen" in Mandarin. There is no such combination of characters in the dictionary. The second could mean the Shen family name. Lower character possibly 揉 "rou" - rub,... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Knives with a handle made of the antler of a deer muntjak are quite often found among the shamans of the mountain peoples of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand. These are ritual objects with magical powers. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() A bas-relief from the Borobudur temple complex https://sillynewsboy.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/a-very-unsystematic-look-at-borobudur-reliefs-as-a-source-for-military-history/#more-839 Thanks to A. G.... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Incredibly beautiful blade! This style makes me associate with East Turkestan - knifemakers in modern Uzbekistan do not know how to work. About this wood I was told that this is the burl of... |
Forum: European Armoury
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![]() May be "Gendarmerie royale khmère du Cambodge"? https://www.force-publique.net/sources/Annuaire/Cambodge-fr.html |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() I think it could be a ram horn. Before they knew how to straighten him and did not spare time for this. |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() You are absolutely right, Philip! Thanks for these important comments! |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Thanks for these pics! What I see, in my opinion, was written by three different people. Red characters 章書記 are read in Japanese Akira shoki - a secretary / clerk named Akira, in... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hello francantolin! It's my pleasure! The book “History of the ornament of Dagestan” by Paruk M. Debirov was published in Russian by the Moscow publishing house “Nauka” in 2001... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() The scabbard is really similar to those made in Tbilisi, but the “markharay” ornament on the back says loudly that this is the work of a master from Dagestan (I am not in this field :) but I have the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() I looked carefully - in the Vietnamese alphabet there is no letter "f", the combination "ph" is used there. I think that what I saw as "fi" is the Chinese character 利 "li". It can mean:... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() This mark may be Chinese family characters 干丁 Gan Ding (or Qian Ding) |
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![]() These marks are similar to Vietnamese letters "HĐ" and "fi". |
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![]() Thank you for answer, Battara! Believe me, I didn’t want to offend your feelings - we in Russia know well how the invaders behaved in the occupied territory. But I would like to return to the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() In the auxiliary units of the Japanese Imperial Army, not only the Japanese served, but also the peoples from the occupied countries. Or I'm wrong? |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() This is extremely interesting! Black characters 奉公袋 in Japanese read "hokobukuro" and mean "service records bag" http://www.nambuworld.com/hokobukuro.htm I don’t understand how... |
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