Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

TVV · 1st December 2021, 10:51 PM

Thank you for these images dat_man. The big photo on the bottom is especially intriguing. It depicts a man of high status with a nice shamshir seated on a fancy chair/throne. The people on his sides have nimcha hilted swords, and the two closest ones appear to have the ivory and gold hilt variety. It is similar to a photo in Hales showing a Comoros vizier with a shamshir and his bodyguards with nimchas. Pradines has a theory that the shamshir in East Africa was a status symbol, reserved only for very high ranking people.

The second row of standing men gets more eclectic when it comes to sidearms with a long saif, a crude shamshir hilted sword and a Western style sabre.

SanibelSwassa · 3rd December 2021, 08:53 AM

Just few additional examples from the archives of Moro peoples with their traditional weapons. Enjoy!

Martin Lubojacky · 9th March 2022, 10:46 PM

Photo by Alexandre Marchand (from the book "African Train"),
around Dire Dawa (Ethiopia) 1911 – 1913

kino · 6th May 2022, 12:55 PM

Kampilan bearer of Dato Mastura, Cotabato. Peabody Museum.

3rd December 2021, 08:53 AM	#2
SanibelSwassa Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Sanibel Florida Posts: 104	Moro photo’s that I didn’t see posted Just few additional examples from the archives of Moro peoples with their traditional weapons. Enjoy! Attached Images

9th March 2022, 10:46 PM	#3
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Habr Awwal warriors – one of the tribes of the Issaq clan, Somalis Photo by Alexandre Marchand (from the book "African Train"), around Dire Dawa (Ethiopia) 1911 – 1913 Attached Images

6th May 2022, 12:55 PM	#4
kino Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,018	Kampilan Kampilan bearer of Dato Mastura, Cotabato. Peabody Museum. Attached Images

1st December 2021, 10:51 PM	#1
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,660	Thank you for these images dat_man. The big photo on the bottom is especially intriguing. It depicts a man of high status with a nice shamshir seated on a fancy chair/throne. The people on his sides have nimcha hilted swords, and the two closest ones appear to have the ivory and gold hilt variety. It is similar to a photo in Hales showing a Comoros vizier with a shamshir and his bodyguards with nimchas. Pradines has a theory that the shamshir in East Africa was a status symbol, reserved only for very high ranking people. The second row of standing men gets more eclectic when it comes to sidearms with a long saif, a crude shamshir hilted sword and a Western style sabre.