Accidental collector - old weapons ID assistance (Yao?)

spiral · 9th November 2014, 08:14 PM

Great stuff Sajen & indeed Jampot... well spotted!

Its obviously the same chap who brought this one back.

So I think the Yao/ Malawi finding of these is above reproach myself.

Just who made/sold them, is the last bit of the puzzle.

I still think the African trading Company could be plausible! But so could other Indian or British entrepreneurs, The to me seem a bit late in dating for them to be from Arab slave trade, but in truth I guess that carried on a for a long time, just as slavery still does today...

spiral

9th November 2014, 08:14 PM	#26
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Great stuff Sajen & indeed Jampot... well spotted! Its obviously the same chap who brought this one back. So I think the Yao/ Malawi finding of these is above reproach myself. Just who made/sold them, is the last bit of the puzzle. I still think the African trading Company could be plausible! But so could other Indian or British entrepreneurs, The to me seem a bit late in dating for them to be from Arab slave trade, but in truth I guess that carried on a for a long time, just as slavery still does today... spiral