South Arabian powder flasks

kahnjar1 · 25th April 2016, 09:28 PM

Hi Kubur,
The brass primer flask example you show above from the Forum, ref here, http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21102 is described as Tuareg/Northern Sahara by the REPUTABLE Dealer I bought it from, and I have no reason to doubt him. Replies to the original thread also bear up that ID.
The flask you have has VERY similar traits to that, and I would suggest that it also is likely from the same region. I do not believe that it is Omani/Arabian. I shows no "Omani/Yemeni/Arabian type" decoration.
Stu

25th April 2016, 09:28 PM	#3
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,789	Not Omani/Yemeni IMHO Hi Kubur, The brass primer flask example you show above from the Forum, ref here, http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21102 is described as Tuareg/Northern Sahara by the REPUTABLE Dealer I bought it from, and I have no reason to doubt him. Replies to the original thread also bear up that ID. The flask you have has VERY similar traits to that, and I would suggest that it also is likely from the same region. I do not believe that it is Omani/Arabian. I shows no "Omani/Yemeni/Arabian type" decoration. Stu