Forum: European Armoury
11th September 2014, 04:13 PM
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Many thanks for the comments. The Taku Forts...
Many thanks for the comments. The Taku Forts pictures are very interesting, I'd seen a few on the internet. It would of course be have been MORE interesting if they'd arranged a load of cannons in...
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Forum: European Armoury
10th September 2014, 09:50 PM
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another breech-loading post
Since breech-loading cannons are being discussed right now, here’s something I’ve recently been thinking about.
This is in the Castle in Newcastle. It was on loan to the Tower armouries until...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th September 2014, 04:42 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2014, 09:42 PM
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Do you know the Pitt-Rivers Museum web resource...
Do you know the Pitt-Rivers Museum web resource on Southern Sudan ? It contains a lot of images of people, and objects.
As for your harpoon, I would start thinkng about the Lake regions of Central...
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Forum: European Armoury
24th August 2014, 07:47 PM
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Congreve catalogue of Woolwich arsenal
Does anybody have a copy of this book: W. Congreve 1822 Detail of the different models, arms, trophies, and military machines of every description, contained in the rotunda, and grounds of the Royal...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th August 2014, 06:40 PM
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I tried to identify the origin of a similar one...
I tried to identify the origin of a similar one [image attached] last year. The British Museum Handbook to Ethnographic collections illustrates an example (plate 42 s) and says it "is the national...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2014, 09:37 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2014, 05:22 PM
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Well, there's a coincidence: the copper version...
Well, there's a coincidence: the copper version of the iron knife I posted today! I get the impression that this shape of dagger was found across northern Canada, but I guess that because "native"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2014, 02:48 PM
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Athabascan knife
The recent post on a North American knife reminded me I was going to post this one with a query. It looks to me like an Athabascan knife (the sheath was probably made in England, mid 20th Century)....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd August 2014, 06:30 PM
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Could I request some clarification?
What law...
Could I request some clarification?
What law have the collectors broken to justify the "SWAT style raids" ? I don't know the situation in America or Canada, but in Britain there is no law to...
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Forum: European Armoury
19th July 2014, 08:20 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
18th July 2014, 09:29 PM
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Many thanks for the comments. As you say, it is...
Many thanks for the comments. As you say, it is always difficult just from images, you really need to handle the object and feel the weight: if you're interested in seeing our few European polearms,...
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Forum: European Armoury
18th July 2014, 01:43 PM
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Pole Arm
I would be very grateful for any thoughts on this pole-arm. The head is solidly made but the side straps are broken off, leaving only one rivet hole on one strap [which doesn't have a rivet in it]....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th July 2014, 08:11 PM
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My first thought was a woomera, because they...
My first thought was a woomera, because they often have a piece of flint fixed in the gum on the 'handle' end for use as a cutting tool.
But, looking through Edge Partington's 'Ethnographic Album...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
9th July 2014, 07:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
8th July 2014, 06:27 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
8th July 2014, 06:16 PM
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A good reference is The Nagas, Hill Peoples of...
A good reference is The Nagas, Hill Peoples of Northeast India (1990) by Julian Jacobs. He illustrates several "head takers baskets" that often have bits (like feathers, horns, tassels, etc attached....
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2014, 12:14 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
29th June 2014, 08:01 PM
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Many thanks for attaching those images. I must...
Many thanks for attaching those images. I must admit that the criss-cross leather strapping has me puzzled. I noticed this feature on boar spears displayed in the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2014, 11:43 PM
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I guess the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology...
I guess the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology volumes published in the late 1800s and early 1900s might be worth a look, but there was also a monograph on North American Bows Arrows and Quivers by O.T....
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Forum: European Armoury
27th June 2014, 09:22 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
27th June 2014, 04:30 PM
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boar spear
Anybody have any thoughts on this boar spear? It was owned by a keen collector who was active in the mid 20th century, so if it is a fake it hasn't been done in the last 40-50 years or so.
It has...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th June 2014, 07:38 PM
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Very many thanks for drawing attention to that...
Very many thanks for drawing attention to that earlier post.
Well, as they say "wise men think alike", even if we were both wrong in thinking the axes were from Muscat. Still, it is nice to have a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th June 2014, 10:00 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th June 2014, 08:24 PM
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