Pirate sword-cutlass

ariel · 3rd November 2019, 11:41 AM

Your first image is not “ yet another one”: it is a yet another re- drawing of one of the two images shown in the Post #7 . They are 3 variants of the same image, and which one was the original source is a mystery not worth solving.

The astonishing scarcity of physical representations of this pattern suggests IMHO that they did not exist in reality. Till now we see similar “ oriental scimitars” only in theatrical objects. I think the Sotheby’s one is from the same opera:-)

Orientalists did not just depict the Orient; they have created one for the multitudes of homebound Europeans. This was one of the very few correct observations of Edward Said.

3rd November 2019, 11:41 AM	#12
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Your first image is not “ yet another one”: it is a yet another re- drawing of one of the two images shown in the Post #7 . They are 3 variants of the same image, and which one was the original source is a mystery not worth solving. The astonishing scarcity of physical representations of this pattern suggests IMHO that they did not exist in reality. Till now we see similar “ oriental scimitars” only in theatrical objects. I think the Sotheby’s one is from the same opera:-) Orientalists did not just depict the Orient; they have created one for the multitudes of homebound Europeans. This was one of the very few correct observations of Edward Said.