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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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4th October 2024, 08:55 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th October 2024, 08:52 AM
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Flyssa
Received Flyssa, this is the first item in my collection.
Total length in sheath - 420 mm, knife length - 395 mm, blade length - 300 mm, thickness at the handle - 9 mm, weight - 203 g
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2024, 09:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2024, 04:26 PM
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[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;293445]
Could you...
[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;293445]
Could you please show the knife you refer to as SHONA?
As you well observe, it is quite likely that (BTW what is Helleri?) these knives are called by variant terms...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2024, 09:42 AM
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The same example is in the neighboring topic...
The same example is in the neighboring topic Helleri "Cane knife".
Collectors call this type of blades from South Africa - Shona. However, in the territory of modern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th September 2024, 07:39 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2024, 06:00 PM
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I agree 100%.
But it seems to me that the...
I agree 100%.
But it seems to me that the names of African swords, daggers that we use and were mostly invented by researchers/collectors will remain the same. These names have become too...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th September 2024, 09:46 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2024, 08:20 PM
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[QUOTE=Changdao;293351]Those weapon figures in...
[QUOTE=Changdao;293351]Those weapon figures in that book are mostly wrong. In Figure 8, most of those dagger are in a style usually associated with the Toubou, not the Hausa, and the dagger like...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2024, 06:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2024, 04:27 PM
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In House, "Mandinka" was apparently called...
In House, "Mandinka" was apparently called bisalami, almulku.
The author provides interesting data in the note to chapter 3:
19 Leather- and metal-crafts were important native industries....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2024, 08:48 AM
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Thank you, Marc.
I raised this topic because...
Thank you, Marc.
I raised this topic because the current names of African swords and daggers are mostly invented by researchers/collectors or taken, for example, from the name of the people or tribe...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2024, 07:39 PM
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Names of African Swords
I propose to discuss the remarkable work of Joseph P. Smaldone "Warfare in the Sokoto Caliphate".
In the public domain:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2024, 01:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2024, 09:07 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st August 2024, 10:54 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
21st August 2024, 08:33 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th July 2024, 09:03 AM
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Perhaps this kampilan was used in religious...
Perhaps this kampilan was used in religious ceremonies and belonged to a local priest. Similar items are found among shamans of the peoples of Siberia.
How do you like this version?
Regards,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th July 2024, 11:36 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th June 2024, 09:15 PM
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If it is made in Tanzania or Kenya, then the...
If it is made in Tanzania or Kenya, then the batons are made from ebony, a very strong and heavy wood. Although judging by the light chips of the wood, it is not ebony.
Here is the Maasai Orkuma...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2024, 12:00 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2024, 04:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2024, 10:22 AM
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