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Old 4th March 2025, 06:49 PM   #189
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by Maurice View Post
Hello Jim,

Which element are you exactly referring to?
Do you mean the motif engraved at the shoulder (ricasso) of the mandau blade, above the protrusion?

Regards,
Maurice
Thank you Maurice,
The extension on the back of the blade (on the mandau) that looks like it is to wrap cord around or whatever (I cant think of the right descriptive term).

It is great to look into these weapons which bring in the ethnographic element in the study of piracy, which indeed cover the figurative 'seven seas'!
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