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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th March 2025, 08:39 AM
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Posted By Tim Simmons
Possibly Zande. Here are similar blade forms...

Possibly Zande. Here are similar blade forms and scabbard.

https://southernsudan.prm.ox.ac.uk/culturalgroup/Zande/index.html
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th March 2025, 03:48 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,210
Posted By Tim Simmons
Thought I would add this one from further south. ...

Thought I would add this one from further south. There was a time some 20 or more years ago these were rather looked down on. I bet that has changed now. Not the prettiest of blades but quality...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th February 2025, 12:31 PM
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Views: 10,398
Posted By Tim Simmons
You can find the book {Australian Aboriginal...

You can find the book {Australian Aboriginal stone implements} here.

https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17336/515_complete.pdf
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th February 2025, 11:11 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 10,398
Posted By Tim Simmons
Great to see some Australian Aboriginal...

Great to see some Australian Aboriginal artefacts. I have a small collection which I show here. The painted shield is probably mid 20th century the handle is rather small but not all hands are big?...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th February 2025, 05:08 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 12,740
Posted By Tim Simmons
I had one but with a Napoleonic blade. ...

I had one but with a Napoleonic blade.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5096&highlight=long+piso
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th February 2025, 06:25 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 15,119
Posted By Tim Simmons
Something from Assam/Burma Hills?

Something from Assam/Burma Hills?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th February 2025, 02:35 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 22,612
Posted By Tim Simmons
With a little research you can find that the...

With a little research you can find that the Lunda Empire stretched from Angola, Zambia and the Kwango river people in the DRC today. So all suggestions illustrate the extent of cultural influence. ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th February 2025, 02:15 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 22,612
Posted By Tim Simmons
Interesting. Museum fur Volkerkunde...

Interesting. Museum fur Volkerkunde Africa-sammlung3 Waffen aus Zentral- Afrika.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th February 2025, 09:42 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 22,612
Posted By Tim Simmons
To muddy the waters a little more. This Kwango...

To muddy the waters a little more. This Kwango sword has many of the discussed features though the blade is more decorated and the Kwango area is the opposite side of Africa to Angola.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th January 2025, 06:49 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 28,260
Posted By Tim Simmons
Blade looks like Tibet/Bhutan to me. I had a...

Blade looks like Tibet/Bhutan to me. I had a knife with a similar looking blade.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th January 2025, 04:12 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 28,824
Posted By Tim Simmons
If this is not a joke then I really do feel sorry...

If this is not a joke then I really do feel sorry that someone has been had. I know buyer beware but the abuse of the "innocent" is never nice to see.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th December 2024, 06:56 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,059
Posted By Tim Simmons
They certainly look African and I would guess...

They certainly look African and I would guess West African.
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi 21st December 2024, 11:19 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 13,085
Posted By Tim Simmons
To court controversy over our usual distain for...

To court controversy over our usual distain for weapons made for those who travel and modern Indian made steel and silver inlaid historic copies ect?

The reverence and mystery shown to the Kris to...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th December 2024, 02:52 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 3,863
Posted By Tim Simmons
Malay Jungle knife?

I have just bought this Knife, these days I could not say it was expensive but to my mind not cheap either. I just liked the grip and elegant blade. Said to be overall 19 inches in length, so a big...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th November 2024, 04:12 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,020
Posted By Tim Simmons
2 in 13 years.

Just waiting for this club to arrive. I had one very similar and now I wager a Fijian origin. Root ball club, 3 inch root end about 35 inches long. The one in the link I sold at action some years...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2024, 05:49 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,590
Posted By Tim Simmons
Really nice blade the dress is not to my taste.

Really nice blade the dress is not to my taste.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th November 2024, 02:06 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 5,140
Posted By Tim Simmons
Very interesting a confusing mix of familiar...

Very interesting a confusing mix of familiar elements. Look in at the double headed bird at the pommel might provide a clue. The knife does not appear to be from any of the European countries that...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th November 2024, 06:21 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 5,290
Posted By Tim Simmons
Nice to have even if not 19th century.

Nice to have even if not 19th century.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th October 2024, 12:45 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,884
Posted By Tim Simmons
It was the; can't see the wood for the trees,...

It was the; can't see the wood for the trees, type of dark photos and the lime inlay that really confused me to opinion the Solomon Island. However in {Fijian Artefacts, Tasmanian Museum and Art...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th October 2024, 12:09 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,884
Posted By Tim Simmons
Greatly appreciated the contributions here on...

Greatly appreciated the contributions here on this thread. Some learning here. I was of the opinion that Fijian work did not have lime inlay. All the books I have featuring Fijian art do not...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th October 2024, 06:10 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,884
Posted By Tim Simmons
Possibly shortened but I doubt it as there is a...

Possibly shortened but I doubt it as there is a rather ergonomic concave shape in the grip that makes gripping nice and comfortable.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th October 2024, 03:09 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,884
Posted By Tim Simmons
Well it has arrived and some new photos. So...

Well it has arrived and some new photos. So perhaps lime inlay is not so odd when discussing Fijian clubs. Now I have it in my hands although not one of those big heavy polished clubs, more like...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th October 2024, 12:09 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,884
Posted By Tim Simmons
Smile Well a new development. Link originally...

Well a new development. Link originally uploaded by the Late Great VANDOO in page one there is this example "FIJI CLUB NAMED MADRALI" . So it may well be Fijian and if so I did rather...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th October 2024, 10:38 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,884
Posted By Tim Simmons
10thRoyal, Thank you for your input ,...

10thRoyal,

Thank you for your input , much appreciated. I am not an expert. "Expert", well I could see an "Expert" really no more than an expert in the market, what sells. Especially when it...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd October 2024, 03:05 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 15,884
Posted By Tim Simmons
Solomon/PNG for want of better info

Pushed the boat out today and in a big way for me especially as I was meant to have stopped collecting . I have not seen a club like this before and it cast a spell on me. The photos are not the...
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