Sword for Identification

Kubur · 5th April 2018, 12:14 PM

Well Cuba Ok
but some of them are clearly South Morocco (until someone proves me that the scabbards are not Africans...)
So I prefer to say Spanish colonial...

ariel · 5th April 2018, 12:45 PM

I think Kubur may have a point here about the scabbards.
They look awfully African.
Similar scabbards were used in Ethiopia ( see Spring “African arms and armor”, plate 24). I am not familiar with anything similar in any Spanish- controlled culture.

Battara · 5th April 2018, 11:17 PM

Although scabbards being made in Africa could be a possibility, don't forget that a strong African influence from the descendants of African slaves was present and still exists in Cuba today.

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5th April 2018, 12:14 PM	#1
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Well Cuba Ok but some of them are clearly South Morocco (until someone proves me that the scabbards are not Africans...) So I prefer to say Spanish colonial...

5th April 2018, 12:45 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I think Kubur may have a point here about the scabbards. They look awfully African. Similar scabbards were used in Ethiopia ( see Spring “African arms and armor”, plate 24). I am not familiar with anything similar in any Spanish- controlled culture.

5th April 2018, 11:17 PM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,382	Although scabbards being made in Africa could be a possibility, don't forget that a strong African influence from the descendants of African slaves was present and still exists in Cuba today.