INTERESTING PHOTOS OF BEJA WARRIORS

Lew · 9th May 2007, 12:23 AM

I found these on the internet circa 1900-10. Notice the kaskaras,shield and spear.

Lew

Luc LEFEBVRE · 9th May 2007, 11:43 PM

Always good to find this kind of photos.
Thanks
Luc

Freddy · 11th May 2007, 05:34 PM

I think these are from the same region. The first postcard is dated '1909'

Lew · 11th May 2007, 08:12 PM

Hear is a studio photo of a warrior from the Sudan. Btw I wonder if the cut out in the Beja shield was used as a perch for a spear during combat?

9th May 2007, 12:23 AM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	INTERESTING PHOTOS OF BEJA WARRIORS I found these on the internet circa 1900-10. Notice the kaskaras,shield and spear. Lew Attached Images

11th May 2007, 08:12 PM	#4
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Hear is a studio photo of a warrior from the Sudan. Btw I wonder if the cut out in the Beja shield was used as a perch for a spear during combat? Attached Images Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 11th May 2007 at 08:25 PM.

9th May 2007, 11:43 PM	#2
Luc LEFEBVRE Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France Posts: 473	Always good to find this kind of photos. Thanks Luc

11th May 2007, 05:34 PM	#3
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	I think these are from the same region. The first postcard is dated '1909'