Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2021, 08:50 AM
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Marc, I'll send you a pm and then I can share...
Marc, I'll send you a pm and then I can share collection pictures of kaskara, no need to bore everyone else. I remember now that you posted about the Ethiopian kaskara not long ago. Seems like our...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th May 2021, 08:36 PM
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Hi Marc
I had no idea Luc had published this...
Hi Marc
I had no idea Luc had published this book. I guess its hard to find (I will try!).
Thanks for the information.
Glad to know there is another addict out there. I've been collecting for 20...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th May 2021, 04:26 PM
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Congratulations Pingdang, that is a really nice...
Congratulations Pingdang, that is a really nice first axe (or even first African piece). Its a Nsapo axe (they are a subgroup of the Songye). Very nice example of the type with ropelike metalwork and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2021, 05:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2021, 12:53 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2021, 12:51 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2021, 08:17 AM
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Thanks guys.
Yes, this is entirely local work,...
Thanks guys.
Yes, this is entirely local work, and as I said above the first six are Nsapo made. They were quite famous for this and hence their products were prized and traded widely. The other...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th May 2021, 07:12 AM
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Thanks Pindang :)
Here is the next set....
Thanks Pindang :)
Here is the next set. These are what I think are the typical Songye axes. In size and shaft form they are very similar to the previous set, but the blades are more traditional in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2021, 07:24 PM
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Just looking again in Fischer and I see that he...
Just looking again in Fischer and I see that he describes the heads on the axes as being significant showing an example of one with 52 heads on each side, stating it must have belonged to a powerful...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2021, 05:32 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2021, 05:31 PM
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Songye axes - different types
Looking for a good reason to show you some of my latest pieces I started to wonder about Songye axes. A lot of Congo axes are sold as Songye, but to my eye not all are equally easy to attribute, and...
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