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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 11th April 2024, 08:05 PM
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Posted By gp
happy Eid al Fitr / Bayram mubarek olsun

Wish our dear Friends who finished the Ramadan a happy Sugar festival !
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th April 2024, 07:04 PM
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Views: 452
Posted By gp
perhaps this can add to the discussion, page 1...

perhaps this can add to the discussion, page 1 and 2 of :

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=25140&highlight=Dalmatian
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th April 2024, 07:26 PM
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Views: 809,632
Posted By gp
with reference to a resent topic, one of the...

with reference to a resent topic, one of the early pics in "the West" of these fierce and feared warriors

"Janissaire, Chef-Arciere, Comandante, et Bourreau Turc - XV -XVI Siècle" acquaforte...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th April 2024, 08:53 AM
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Views: 33,112
Posted By gp
Tengger greetings

Tengger greetings
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th April 2024, 08:52 AM
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Views: 33,112
Posted By gp
amazing ! and so many Indonesian collectors...

amazing !
and so many Indonesian collectors here and still unknown ?

Time to pay a visit to the vulcanic Bromo area and Semeru national park,gents
;)!
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd April 2024, 10:18 AM
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Views: 809,632
Posted By gp
Unfortunately not: the only title on this...

Unfortunately not: the only title on this sculpture is “ Guerrier à Cheval “ , i.e. warrior on horse and made end 19th century. Sometimes “Ottoman” added to warrior on some of the literature...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd April 2024, 01:57 PM
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Posted By gp
two sculptures by Jean Francois Theodore Gechter...

two sculptures by Jean Francois Theodore Gechter ; one an Ottoman warrior and the other a scene from the battle of Aboukir
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 11:40 PM
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Views: 809,632
Posted By gp
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=27291...

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.php?p=272916&postcount=343

a couple more pics of these soldiers and their swords
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 10:03 PM
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Views: 3,380
Posted By gp
Highly appreciated anyway ! FYI: some of...

Highly appreciated anyway !

FYI: some of the books and links I placed in this forum are Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, German and even some publications in Russian.
The ones interested will always...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 09:59 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 33,256
Posted By gp
Thnx a lot / bolshoj spassiba ! any advise...

Thnx a lot / bolshoj spassiba !

any advise where I can get Vvedensky's book ? searched worldwide in vain.....

Additional found on Cherevichnik Denis (2018). Ottoman yataghan: etymology and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 08:18 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,380
Posted By gp
my remarks on the Janissars and literature were...

my remarks on the Janissars and literature were not to criticize you; apologies if you got that impression !

But put here actuallly as additional info for forum members, just like the liternature...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st April 2024, 07:17 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,380
Posted By gp
correction: Ottoman Janissars. FYI: ...

correction: Ottoman Janissars.

FYI:

most were not of "Turkish"origin but actually children from occupied (mostly Balkan) countries.

interesting to read :
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st March 2024, 01:12 AM
Replies: 492
Views: 809,632
Posted By gp
Thumbs up FYI: I got this picture from an old Dutch book...

FYI: I got this picture from an old Dutch book about the Dutch Indies on the Alifuru in the Moluccan islands...

so I think our friend Detlev might be correct, as the literature of those days...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th March 2024, 10:49 PM
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Posted By gp
Kalmuk from a most interesting geographic book...

Kalmuk from a most interesting geographic book from 1618
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 26th March 2024, 09:07 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 9,262
Posted By gp
fact that Husars were and are always popular can...

fact that Husars were and are always popular can be seen in the fact that next to dressing kids in their uniform ( I only got a navy sailor one from my granddad when I was 4...☻☻☻ ) can be seen in...
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 26th March 2024, 01:25 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 9,262
Posted By gp
for those interested, some more and one of the...

for those interested, some more and one of the first husar pics from a drawing book on uniforms 1770 -1796
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 26th March 2024, 12:51 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,961
Posted By gp
typical and standard archaeological one and comes...

typical and standard archaeological one and comes standard with a chisel.
Can be found / seen at any site
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 04:27 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,380
Posted By gp
Additional: Aga or Agha was also a...

Additional:

Aga or Agha was also a honorific title or name given to respected men, who were not to be addressed with Beg / Bey or Effendi for one reason or another in the Ottoman Empire.
So not...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 02:01 PM
Replies: 492
Views: 809,632
Posted By gp
...

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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 01:53 PM
Replies: 492
Views: 809,632
Posted By gp
guess perhaps room to start a new topic like...

guess perhaps room to start a new topic like these kind of historic items ?

but to please your puristic rule; picture added now

Solution to a question....;)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th March 2024, 01:32 PM
Replies: 492
Views: 809,632
Posted By gp
looking up something, I stumbled upon these 3...

looking up something, I stumbled upon these 3 interesting items:

Three Arrowheads, circa 1437-39. Bohemia, probably Prague. Exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

These extremely...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th March 2024, 01:16 PM
Replies: 492
Views: 809,632
Posted By gp
and the last couple of piccs

and the last couple of piccs
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th March 2024, 01:03 PM
Replies: 492
Views: 809,632
Posted By gp
interesting also for art lovers amongst you... ...

interesting also for art lovers amongst you...

after Rembrandt and Vermeer in the past, the Dutch Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam now has again a most interesting exhibition on Frans Hals, with paintings...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th March 2024, 12:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,752
Posted By gp
the third one is indeed African, Congo I think...

the third one is indeed African, Congo I think and bears similarities with the 2 Konda Nkundu knives and used on ceremonial staffs like the 2 Konda Nkundu ones on the picture to the right
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th February 2024, 11:43 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,919
Posted By gp
I can confirm Detlev's advise; without any decent...

I can confirm Detlev's advise; without any decent restoration, read even only a little cleaning, these lovely knives will only deteriote and leave you at the end with "pulverized" pieces of what once...
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