Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2014, 07:02 PM
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A Jukun dagger from the Met collection (B&W)....
A Jukun dagger from the Met collection (B&W). This type seems fairly typical of the Benue- Adamawa region, with lost-wax cast brass hilts. The colour pic is from the Quai Branly Museum, Paris, a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st December 2013, 07:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th December 2013, 06:56 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd November 2013, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 24
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The signer of the accompanying document in...
The signer of the accompanying document in French, post #10, Homayoun Shah Assefy, states that the sword was presented to his father (i.e. H.H. Sardar Ahmad Shah Khan (1899-1951), Minister of the...
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Forum: European Armoury
26th September 2013, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 28
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The Shutzenbrudershaften were armed initially...
The Shutzenbrudershaften were armed initially with bows and crossbows (like their Dutch equivalent the Shutterij, of Rembrandt’s the Night Watch fame) so that would account for the arrow on the...
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Forum: European Armoury
14th September 2013, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 28
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Hi,
The cross and arrows symbol was a badge of...
Hi,
The cross and arrows symbol was a badge of the Schützenbrudershaften, the citizen militias in Germany (and neighbouring regions, Austria, Tyrol, Switzerland, ca. 14th-17th century), still used...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd August 2013, 07:14 PM
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I am afraid that these verses, typical of mass...
I am afraid that these verses, typical of mass produced Cretan knives intended for the tourist trade are poor excuses for proper mantinades (a Cretan traditional form of verses or stanzas, only...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th August 2013, 11:48 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 18,977
Hello,
Not Cretan, one side is inscribed...
Hello,
Not Cretan, one side is inscribed Kydoniai 30 October 1900. Kydoniai is the formal Greek name for the Turkish town of Ayvalık on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor, with a predominantly ethnic...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd June 2013, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 15
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Hi,
A very nice piece, and that embedded...
Hi,
A very nice piece, and that embedded bullet...! Isn't there a date on the first pic, 1316= 1898 Gregorian? As for the Birdfeet thing, could it be a war drum, similar to this one?
A Sudanese...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th June 2013, 06:47 PM
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Replies: 9
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Forum: European Armoury
10th June 2013, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 11
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In a Paris sale in 2000, a pair of flintlock...
In a Paris sale in 2000, a pair of flintlock pistols were auctioned, the locks signed J. CAMBIER A NAMUR and the barrels ESQUIBEL EN MADRID ANNO 1719.
A Jacques Cambier, armourer, is mentioned as...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th June 2013, 09:36 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2013, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2013, 07:44 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,405
The style of the script gives me a late...
The style of the script gives me a late 19th-early 20th century impression. Based on that, and the literary style (from the words I can read pending clearer photos), I’m tempted to imagine that it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th March 2013, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,405
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Forum: European Armoury
4th February 2013, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 21
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Forum: European Armoury
26th November 2012, 06:52 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 14,415
That is indeed the Sas clan coat of arms on the...
That is indeed the Sas clan coat of arms on the blade, a blason shared by the Kolschitzky family, and the motto is the one that was granted to Franz Georg Kolschitzky after the siege of Vienna. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2012, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2012, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,775
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th November 2012, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,775
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th October 2012, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 32,272
Hello to all.
I am new to this truly...
Hello to all.
I am new to this truly exceptional forum and this is my first post, so please forgive me if I do something wrong inadvertently. I hope the following is of some help.
I think I have...
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