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the reference to 'fishhook spears' stuck in the bodies of returning wounded is of course in winston's article referenced above, i'm having fun re-finding the medical reference, but here are a few more:
http://www.michaelstevenson.com/africanart/essay.htm http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstrac...649D94699ED7CF http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~th...ancers1898.htm one there makes reference to long leaf shaped blades and barbed, fishing spears being collected to arm the mahdi's sudanese...interesting. another of them while written supposedly about the gulf war, is mostly about african weapons as 19c. war trophies brought back by soldiers and the lucrative trading in them there which sparked a local market, so many of them we find in estates in the UK may have been made 'after'. sobering thought. Last edited by kronckew; 1st October 2007 at 07:22 AM. |
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Excellent!! Thank you very much Kronckew!!
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