Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

Royston · 12th March 2016, 08:39 AM

I love the staffs, anyone got any information on them or does anyone have one ?
Roy

CharlesS · 12th March 2016, 08:52 AM

Interesting that the fellow to the far left in photo 4 is also carrying a Moroccan koummya.

Kubur · 12th March 2016, 09:16 AM

I don't where this guy is coming from but I like the suma ramrod between the two pistols...

estcrh · 12th March 2016, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Kubur

I don't where this guy is coming from but I like the suma ramrod between the two pistols...

Actually I recently made this image, it was cropped and edited from the original. Below is the original image and the end result.

https://archive.org/details/lescostumespopul00osma
Les costumes populaires de la Turquie en 1873. Ouvrage publié sous le patronage de la Commission impériale ottomane pour l'Exposition universelle de Vienne by Osman Hamdi Bey, 1842-1910; Launay, Marie de; Turkey. Commission impériale ottomane pour l'Exposition universelle de Vienne, 1873

estcrh · 12th March 2016, 03:06 PM

A few more examples from the same book.

Kubur · 12th March 2016, 06:27 PM

You are amazing! Thank you for sharing all this!

estcrh · 12th March 2016, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Kubur

You are amazing! Thank you for sharing all this!

When edited down you can see some interesting weapons etc. I do not know if these are staged with props or not but there are axe, a large qama, war hammer, clubs/mace, shields including the only photos showing the small Ottoman bucklers that I know of, The book unfortuately is in French but there are regional descriptions including zeibek.

rickystl · 8th July 2017, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kubur

You are amazing! Thank you for sharing all this!

YES!! Thank you for these fantastic photos !!! We were recently talking about "Knee Pistols" in another Thread. Notice last photo on the right showing same suspended from a belt.

Rick

Gavin Nugent · 13th March 2016, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by CharlesS

Interesting that the fellow to the far left in photo 4 is also carrying a Moroccan koummya.

Certainly an interesting point Charles and well spotted Charles.

Whilst not of the norm or national dress, I don't find it a surprise though, especially when consideration to the Turkish and Moroccan relationship throughout history.

Gavin

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Royston Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Poole England Posts: 441	I love the staffs, anyone got any information on them or does anyone have one ? Roy

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