Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st October 2024, 01:39 AM
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Bows and arrows
Any information about bows and arrows from that part of the world would be much appreciated! In any language. Easy to find photos online but hard to find anything from a collectors or researchers...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd September 2024, 02:46 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2024, 09:11 PM
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Sharing a similar recent acquisition
Coincidentally I just received this similar bolo - there are some differences of course but they appear to belong to the same “family”. The end of the sheath is open. The notorious “katana” of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd July 2024, 12:07 AM
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8th July 2024, 01:22 AM
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5th July 2024, 01:05 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd June 2024, 10:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th June 2024, 03:39 AM
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18th June 2024, 12:42 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2024, 03:02 AM
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Help with a couple old metallic arrow points
I purchased these two arrow points together. I believe the leaf shaped steel point is Cordilleran Peoples/Igorot, from Luzon. There’s some fine carving on the shaft behind the plant fiber bindings. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2024, 04:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th June 2024, 01:34 AM
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Unidentified knife - Mindanao?
Recent purchase. Is this knife also from Mindanao? The blade shape differs from the examples in this thread. (Seller photo.)
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th May 2024, 03:49 AM
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22nd May 2024, 06:19 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st May 2024, 11:59 PM
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New Tboli tok/kafilan
I’m the new owner of this nice-looking tok/kafilan. Looks to have some age? The scabbard retains some of the woven binding and the grass? component. Whatever ornaments were originally present on the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th May 2024, 01:13 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2024, 10:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th May 2024, 01:02 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th May 2024, 01:19 AM
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Hmong knife to share
Sharing this Hmong knife from Lao. I have handled a few of these - this is the first with buffalo horn. I believe these are associated with the White Hmong group. The gaps in the horn are filled in...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st April 2024, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 21
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This is true, I know from experience. I sold a...
This is true, I know from experience. I sold a WW2 Philippines knife to an Italian buyer & shipped via GSP. Was confiscated by auction platform, buyer was refunded. The knife was apparently resold to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th April 2024, 09:44 AM
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6th April 2024, 06:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th April 2024, 06:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2024, 12:49 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th March 2024, 12:47 AM
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Views: 5,998
Thoughts on this crude spear?
Here’s a crude but sharp spear tip, it does remind me of Igorot spears from Luzon to an extent but those are much better finished. I imagine this is SE Asian? Not flexible, the first part is...
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