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2nd February 2023, 09:24 PM

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Sudanese spears of Mahdist Period 1881-1899

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Posted By Jim McDougall

Thank you! Great examples you add here as well. ...

Thank you! Great examples you add here as well.
I think trying to classify these items regionally is typically pretty futile as diffusion among tribal groups usually transcends geography.
My...

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

2nd February 2023, 05:47 PM

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Sudanese spears of Mahdist Period 1881-1899

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Posted By Jim McDougall

Ed, I gotta say again, Holmes pales next to your...

Ed, I gotta say again, Holmes pales next to your forensics!! Purely elementary right? but I sure never thought of the 'tiles standard' .
As you say, while this blade is substantial, I always thought...

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

1st February 2023, 11:36 PM

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Sudanese spears of Mahdist Period 1881-1899

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Posted By Jim McDougall

I'd say pretty well placed guess Ed. That makes...

I'd say pretty well placed guess Ed. That makes sense as when the Mahdi, who was supposed to be Messianic died of typhus, a very earthly cause.
The Khaliph, his successor, had to find ways to keep...

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

1st February 2023, 02:25 PM

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Sudanese spears of Mahdist Period 1881-1899

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Posted By Jim McDougall

Thank you so much Ed, and for that...

Thank you so much Ed, and for that link......2013...10 years ago, wow! Time really goes by! amazing how much info in that discussion, and your knowledge and field experience in these topics is...

Forum: Ethnographic Weapons

31st January 2023, 08:49 PM

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Sudanese spears of Mahdist Period 1881-1899

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Posted By Jim McDougall

Sudanese spears of Mahdist Period 1881-1899

While we have often discussed Sudanese swords (kaskara) there has not been that much discussion on the spears, which seem to have been of various tribal forms. These forms were not all indiginous to...

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