Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

[gp]

Originally Posted by Rick

Those must be drinking horns; I was a bit puzzled about their use initially.

Yep and I can recommend Georgian wine: excellent wine indeed! ☼

[Turkoman.khan]

DUPRÉ, Louis (1789-1837). Voyage à Athènes et à Constantinople, ou Collection de portraits, de vues et de costumes grecs et ottomans, peints sur les lieux. Paris: Dondey-Dupré, 1825

A Greek raises his flag on the walls of Salona, on the day of Easter in the year 1821

[cyten]

Originally Posted by Rick

Those must be drinking horns; I was a bit puzzled about their use initially.

They say it's so you cant set it down until you've finished your drink!

[cyten]

Kabardino-Balkaria 1913

Svaneti

Karachay-Cherkessia

[Pitt1999]

Adding some photos of Sardinian weapons being carried/worn. These are mostly photos of people wearing the iconic Sardinian leppa but a few are photos of people holding the unique Sardinian style of miquelet musket. Most of these I found on Pinterest, while some were found on Russian sites comparing Sardinian swords to Shashkas. I tried to find the highest quality versions of these photos that I could, but some of these photos are still a bit poor in that regard.

[Pitt1999]

More photos...

[AvtoGaz]

Armenians

[kino]

Mangyan tribe, Mindoro Philippines

[AvtoGaz]

The Armenian princes of Zeytun

[Turkoman.khan]

Turkmen delegation in St. Petersburg on the occasion of the anniversary of the inclusion of Merv into the Russian Empire. Photo taken in 1900-1910

[cyten]

Northern Albanians

[cyten]

Laz men with "Black Sea Yataghans"

[David]

Originally Posted by cyten

Laz men with "Black Sea Yataghans"

The handwritten caption on this photo seems to identify these men as Kurds. Is this incorrect then?

[gp]

Originally Posted by cyten

Northern Albanians

picture is from a man of the famous Shalla or Shala tribe with Sokol Shpendi as one of their fiercest leaders and warriors


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbfUqRIG-Vc

[cyten]

Originally Posted by David

The handwritten caption on this photo seems to identify these men as Kurds. Is this incorrect then?

I also asked a local friend here in Armenia and was told they were more likely Laz than Kurds, but I'm not an expert in this

[Rick]

I see a piso podang and some interesting spears; not to mention some badiks.
Also the figure on the left seems to have an absurdly large pedang or parang; would love to see what kind of blade is in that scabbard.

[cyten]

Gunsmiths in Bethlehem 1890's

[Rick]

I don't remember if I have posted this in the thread already.

[kronckew]

Interesting Cossack photo of old Scarface...

[werecow]

Came across this depiction of Baboa people wearing their traditional short swords or knives on an ethnographic arms dealer's site.

[Sajen]

Three pictures of the Aeta people (Negritos) on Luzon.

[Changdao]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Three pictures of the Aeta people (Negritos) on Luzon.

Those are some huge bows in proportion to their height!

[Ian]

Changdao, the Aeta people are very short. Men were commonly under five feet tall, but with improved nutrition their average height has increased a few inches since the early 1900s. They are still among the smallest demographic groups in the Philippines.

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by estcrh

Here are two rare photographs, they show what was certainly among the very last of the mounted Indian warriors. I found the first photo awhile back, recently I ran into the second photo. These two photos were obviously meant to be seen together, they are labeled #38 and #39. I edited both photos and created a new image showing both side of this Indian warrior in one photo.

Indian warrior from Orchha. Mounted Indian warrior with a tulwar sword, wearing mail and plate armor (zirah bagtar), helmet (khula khud) and arm guards (dastana), he is holding a very long lance and there is a shield at his side.

Great photos! Thanks for sharing and editing.

I have a heavy duty Indian spear here of similar length.

I've often thought it was Mughal heavy cavalry, perhaps even Sri Lankan in origin as there are similarities to a very long old Sri Lankan lance here, however, I remain uncertain as the large one does not have the taper and POB like the one in the images.

Thanks again for sharing!

[DavidFriedman]

What year was this photo of the two with long sabers?

[Ren Ren]

Originally Posted by DavidFriedman

What year was this photo of the two with long sabers?

I think this photo was taken between 1880-1920. It will be possible to say more precisely if you are lucky enough to find the original image.

[gp]

no photos but drawings from an older period

[Gavin Nugent]

A link from another discussion, Chota Nagpur

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19768

[cyten]

Tangiers

[Sajen]

A warrior from Galela, Halmahera. There is my wife born, in Galela.