Mahdist Spears ?

drac2k · 19th June 2021, 01:55 PM

Once again thanks for the information & the insight; too often I concentrate on the form of the spearhead, but fail to consider the material of the shaft when trying to determine its origin.

Edster · 19th June 2021, 06:52 PM

Yep, all of the weapons/tools we consider, as others have observed, exist in/derive from social and cultural contexts. Once these contexts erode they become objects of art that we collectors and students savor, but only partially because mostly we have been denied the contexts.

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19th June 2021, 01:55 PM	#1
drac2k Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 1,330	Once again thanks for the information & the insight; too often I concentrate on the form of the spearhead, but fail to consider the material of the shaft when trying to determine its origin.

19th June 2021, 06:52 PM	#2
Edster Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 449	Yep, all of the weapons/tools we consider, as others have observed, exist in/derive from social and cultural contexts. Once these contexts erode they become objects of art that we collectors and students savor, but only partially because mostly we have been denied the contexts.