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kahnjar1 6th April 2013 05:08 AM
It has all been said already. Two truly magnificent guns.
Thanks for sharing.

fernando 6th April 2013 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by shinyblades
Hello all. I would like to know if anyone has a view on the head carving on the wrist of the Aguirre gun , is this head with teeth showing and spirals beneath the chin represent any cultural figures , has it a link with Spanish conquest ie , inca , Aztec , maya , or purely the stockers imagination ?? Any ideas Shinyblades
Imagination, i would say. Grotesque masks were fashionable in the XVIII century. Just an opinion :o


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