ANOTHER BANDOLIER...Origins please?

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 25th May 2015, 05:53 PM

Salaams all, Certainly the #1 thread subject is Ottoman...

In dealing with its possible copied style and in this case comparing it with Omani examples....There is a similar part of a bandolier see #16 at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15083

(Thinking it through...and thinking aloud the main barrel charge was carried in these containers and the priming-pan gunpowder in the finely silvered and decorated powder flask.)

The similarity in design seems to indicate that the Ottoman style of bandolier may have influened the Omani style, though, this has yet to be proven. There is uncertainty as to how this belt may have entered the Omani Souk...It may for example simply have joined the Souk via Yemen...and the outpouring of antiquities because of internal strife.

However, the very Omani looking belt section seems to indicate an older Omani provenance at #5 but is it Omani or Yemeni? The two styles of silver buttonwork ...Omani and Yemeni were somewhat similar.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

25th May 2015, 05:53 PM	#13
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Salaams all, Certainly the #1 thread subject is Ottoman... In dealing with its possible copied style and in this case comparing it with Omani examples....There is a similar part of a bandolier see #16 at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15083 (Thinking it through...and thinking aloud the main barrel charge was carried in these containers and the priming-pan gunpowder in the finely silvered and decorated powder flask.) The similarity in design seems to indicate that the Ottoman style of bandolier may have influened the Omani style, though, this has yet to be proven. There is uncertainty as to how this belt may have entered the Omani Souk...It may for example simply have joined the Souk via Yemen...and the outpouring of antiquities because of internal strife. However, the very Omani looking belt section seems to indicate an older Omani provenance at #5 but is it Omani or Yemeni? The two styles of silver buttonwork ...Omani and Yemeni were somewhat similar. Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 25th May 2015 at 06:13 PM.

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