Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
30th August 2023, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th August 2023, 08:51 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 12,668
Philippine Sceptre? Mace?
I'm hoping someone can give me the cultural context for this item. I'm assuming by the decoration (okir?) that it's Philippine, possibly Maranao?
A sceptre or baton of office? A chain as a wrist...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
13th July 2023, 01:34 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,532
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
2nd July 2023, 12:20 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,532
Replica Axe
A recent acquisition - pretty sure from the patina that it's a modern replica. I bought it because I enjoy odd-looking things. I've not yet received it so have no accurate dimensions; these are the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th June 2023, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 52,759
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
24th May 2023, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 23,270
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Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
21st May 2023, 11:16 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 23,270
Keris in need of TLC
This is a recent acquisition. Keris are not my area of collecting, though I have the inevitable handful of items included as secondary pieces in auction lots, but this one caught my eye.
I'm...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th March 2023, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 31,375
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
6th February 2023, 11:53 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 263,209
The first time I worked with the Royal...
The first time I worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company the armourer brought down a load of 'cutlasses' for me to choose from. I was completely astonished to realise that instead of being...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th January 2023, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 35,744
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th November 2022, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 103,616
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th October 2022, 02:08 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 46,202
Frustrating though the "name game" can be, one...
Frustrating though the "name game" can be, one thing this forum does extremely well is to keep asking the questions, pushing the research, adding layer upon layer of information and incrementally...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th October 2022, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 103,616
Omani Sayf/Saif
A recent acquisition, sadly with no scabbard. Having followed the threads over the years with interest I'm aware that there are forum members who will say that this is Muttrah souk re-hilt and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th September 2022, 11:53 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 60,138
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Forum: European Armoury
29th August 2022, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 9,082
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2022, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 13,680
Not sure if this item fits the topic, but I've...
Not sure if this item fits the topic, but I've always assumed it was a European bayonet re-hilted for local use. I think it's camel bone, or at least the same bone as on a Sudanese Haladie in my...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd August 2022, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 19,785
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd August 2022, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 71,248
Similar Dagger
I acquired this item earlier this year. I assumed it was Tibetan Plateau though I couldn't find any images of this exact type. It seems to be stylistically related to Norman's piece, so I thought...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd August 2022, 12:00 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 16,484
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Forum: European Armoury
28th June 2022, 12:55 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 19,785
I suppose the question is whether we think this...
I suppose the question is whether we think this is a trade blade or a local blade. I'm inclined toward saying it's a local blade because of the delamination on the blade edge, but happy to be proved...
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd June 2022, 11:59 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 19,785
Talwar with similar mark
I don't have any information I'm afraid, but I do have an archive picture of one of my talwars to hand. No stats to share unfortunately. I thought the hilt style might help with assessing time and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th April 2022, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 5,986
Free Online Archive
The following information may not be news to many members, but I recently discovered this online archive and have found it very useful.
https://archive.org/
I did a site search and can see that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2022, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 43,192
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th February 2022, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 43,192
Tony North Picture
Just adding the picture Jim mentioned in post #4 from Tony North's book, 'Islamic Arms' p30.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th February 2022, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 28,061
Indonesian Knife for Identification
Another recent acquisition. These are dealer's pictures, I've not yet seen the item in person, and of course have no dimensions to share.
As with my previous post it seems that paper has been...
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