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17th November 2018, 03:22 PM | #1 |
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Moroccan axe?
North West african axe: Info from vendor
================================= Country: Morocco Weapon Type: Axe Year of Manufacture: 1900 Overall Length: 34.5 cm Barrel/ blade length: 27.3 cm A beautiful tomahawk hand-carved by an artist in Morocco in the 20's the handle is made of quality hornbeam wood, the blade is made of carbon steel with an engraving of a tree with leaves ================================= Coming my way from Israel. I am awaiting being gouged by customs. Thought it looked cool. not sure if the head is on the right way Have seen them both ways.... Couldn't find any ref. by searching the forum (or google). |
17th November 2018, 06:10 PM | #2 |
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I view it better; in the inverted position ; dated 1899 ... and hardly from Morocco .
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17th November 2018, 08:38 PM | #3 |
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As I suspected, the bit of the haft near the socket looks like it had been slid off and repositioned. It coming from Israel made me suspicious of the Maroc connection too.
The question now is where was it from? I suspect the bird is NOT one of Odin's Ravens, and the blade foliage decor is NOT Yggdrasil . Hornbeam, if it is hornbeam, is native to northern Europe and eastern Asia, not north africa, tho there was trade all over. Another one I found online was attributed to Algeria. It had the head on correctly and had a horrible multicolour horizontal stripe painted and lathe turned haft. |
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18th November 2018, 03:12 PM | #6 |
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Hi,
No idea, but just wanted to remark that decoration looks like tree of life, which is definitely an Islamic symbol, found on weapons, carpets and many other things. Eytan |
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