Ethnographic Weapons [Archive] - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

Someone heard about Kai recently? (1 replies)
Two unusual Moro kris (0 replies)
An unusual stiletto depicted in Indo-Persian miniatures. (7 replies)
Swedish knife info pls (6 replies)
Hello everyone! (6 replies)
Excited to See an Object from My Collection Come to Life (2 replies)
In Conversation with Jim McDougall — A Great Beginning to the Interview Genre (6 replies)
Chamorro knife from Guam with scabbard (2 replies)
Katar dagger, Rajput (?) late 18th c (?) (12 replies)
Strange type of stitching on Khyber knife scabbard, has this been encountered before? (1 replies)
Koftgari Scrap Gold Melt Value? (8 replies)
Unusual dagger, billfish or bone “blade”? (18 replies)
Indo/Sino blade and marking info sought (7 replies)
An arrow of unknown origin. (2 replies)
A kukri (2 replies)
Central Asian shashka. (0 replies)
Mid 20th century kukri (3 replies)
Tulwar of the 4th Punjab Infantry with shortened blade. (7 replies)
Nepalese (unknown) short sword? (3 replies)
WW2 Burmese Dha identification? (2 replies)
strange sword (45 replies)
Luristan bronze sword (8 replies)
A Javanese Wedhung (7 replies)
The Yemen Jambiya. (12 replies)
Small Sarawak parang (2 replies)
Kampilan for info (5 replies)
Unknown spear for comment and identification (3 replies)
Unusual old knife, origin unknown??? (10 replies)
Old fish-lungfish scepter club, (3 replies)
USA tariffs that apply to import of ethnographic items. (14 replies)
A new Luzon bolo entered the collection (2 replies)
The mysterious Mandinka saber (13 replies)
My Eskilstuna Collection (3 replies)
kampilan info pls (4 replies)
Barung? (5 replies)
Two Australian Clubs to Share (3 replies)
Collectors’ Dilemma: Selling the Stories We Once Bought (10 replies)
Must of had value? (6 replies)
any ideas on what this is is a Bow? (2 replies)
Khanjar in unlikely plain silver mounts (3 replies)
Moro kris with unusual design on the blade (7 replies)
Is Wootz steel more difficult to work with and perforate then Regular steel? (3 replies)
Comparing a modern replica of a Pulwar sword hilt to an original antique (2 replies)
A 19th century Afghan warrior’s opinion on European blades compared to his own (11 replies)
Help identifying a few African currency knives/blades (1 replies)
Tenegre Nose Job (20 replies)
CoJang and rudus(?) (6 replies)
Sinanbartolome sword from Tayabas, Quezon (9 replies)
Small Thai knife for sharing (3 replies)
Bolo for comment (5 replies)
One star Peurise Awe (6 replies)
Barong info pls (3 replies)
Australian club (2 replies)
Java or Bali pedang? (10 replies)
French Foreign Legion: Arms Contexts (27 replies)
I kindly ask for help with the translation of inscriptions. (1 replies)
kris Maranao named (14 replies)
Knives-unidentified group-need ID help (5 replies)
Short and thick garab (8 replies)
Help with dagger identification (3 replies)
what to do with? (4 replies)
Bichaq but where from...? (12 replies)
Chinese weapon metallurgy question (5 replies)
Yataghan for discussion. (18 replies)
Interesting little dagger, wavy nonmetallic blade (2 replies)
what have I got here...? (7 replies)
What is it, really? (5 replies)
Leeds Armoury info. (3 replies)
African dagger, what kind? (4 replies)
(really) old tulwar with yelman for ID (8 replies)
Show us your khodmi/Bou Saadi knife (41 replies)
Jezail barrel origin question (4 replies)
Arms and Armor in Top Kapi Palace, Istanbul (12 replies)
Mixed-age and mixed-ethnicity kampilan (11 replies)
Newly inherited collection, are these knives authentic or just tourist trinkets? (6 replies)
Inscription help on qajar dagger (0 replies)
Help identify knife (11 replies)
interesting Split museum (0 replies)
Interesting Kaskara from the Askeri Museum (32 replies)
Amazonian or Papua New Guinea Spears (8 replies)
Two maces I recently harvested (9 replies)
Strange Philippines keris (9 replies)
Collectibles or Cultural Heritage? (16 replies)
Another Kukri for my collection. (2 replies)
New Kindjals in the Collection (2 replies)
Philippines dagger (6 replies)
New Horizons for the Katar of Bundi (0 replies)
Talibon variant (4 replies)
Kris sundang in London (2 replies)
Instant Ethiopian SpearCollection (11 replies)
Unusual brass hilt on S. American knife (1 replies)
A large auction lot of ivory hilted Moro kris and gunong (16 replies)
Combination of katar and two percussion pistols (8 replies)
Unknown tribal bandolier (1 replies)
On the Aggregation of Caucasian Shashkas and Sabres on OBJET.art (3 replies)
An interesting Burmese dha (10 replies)
Lao Dha/daab (19 replies)
A new article on Central Asian shashkas (1 replies)
Ottoman Empire? Dagger for ID (6 replies)
Tiwi Island sword club. (2 replies)
New bolo with interesting coin pommel (2 replies)
Korean (?) dadao (7 replies)
Moro kris , to clean or not to clean ? (10 replies)
Unknow dagger, maybe Philippines? (8 replies)
Weird "sword" (26 replies)
Wahabite dagger ? or janbiyya? (13 replies)
Silver Yatagan from Balkans (6 replies)
South American bowie?? (8 replies)
Indian axe ? now think maybe sudanese ? (6 replies)
Maker's Mark? (1 replies)
Algerian dagger? (23 replies)
A Pontus Holmberg Eskilstuna for comment (15 replies)
Long Khodmi for discussion (5 replies)
Old ngulu (13 replies)
Are Asadollah cartouches/signatures found on Ottoman blades? Or only Persian blades? (9 replies)
Stabby stick (8 replies)
rencong - is it from Gayo? (6 replies)
Early "eared" sword hilt (0 replies)
Small jambiya/khanjar translucent handle. (9 replies)
Weird trade knife ? (1 replies)
Another Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife (1 replies)
Splendid silver Tulwar for translation and comments (32 replies)
Small African (?) spearheads for ID (6 replies)
Philippine Dbl Edge Blade w/Sngl Edge Hilt (7 replies)
Sharing a pair of gunongs (4 replies)
Kris (4 replies)
maranao kris (3 replies)
Sewar for ID (6 replies)
Kukri Knives (4 replies)
Dahomean sword of Amazon warriors (6 replies)
Yatagan(Boka kotorska pala sword)translation can someone help? (9 replies)
Mexican knives from Baja california. (4 replies)
unknown (9 replies)
Request Advice on Collection data (0 replies)
Mameluke saber does anyone know more, age maybe? (3 replies)
Takouba question (7 replies)
5,000 Year Old Swords: Worlds Oldest (2 replies)
Takouba/alguinar West Africa -marking conundrum (11 replies)
Manchu sword? (8 replies)
Japanese or Chinese Polearm ? (7 replies)
Sudanese thuluth inscribed spear head (6 replies)
help me to identify this sword (8 replies)
Tulwar with inscription (8 replies)
Open OBJET platform. The launch of a new segment focused on Caucasian Arms. (0 replies)
Help Identifying Tulwar Hilt (3 replies)
Interesting spear (6 replies)
Wood,repair,restoration,opinions? (4 replies)
Inscriptions dagger (2 replies)
The Indian PATA and the mysterious MANOPLE (15 replies)
Sumpitan (6 replies)
Mandau (35 replies)
Koummyas (1 replies)
Unusual daab/darv (2) (6 replies)
Unusual silver daab (1) (10 replies)
Kothimora kukri vintage (2 replies)
Silver daab (13 replies)
Naga axe (5 replies)
Dha/daab (5 replies)
Koummya vs Khanjar: Name Game? Maybe Not (17 replies)
Shin gunto (8 replies)
My new moro kris (14 replies)
Gunto ??? (1 replies)
Kukri vintage (7 replies)
New Purchase: A tumbok lada (7 replies)
Maluku parang? (4 replies)
Saif, Moroccan saif, sife, nimcha, nimsha (24 replies)
Classic Talibon Hilt w/Atypical Blade (7 replies)
Maasai Spear, tourist souvenir or real deal? (11 replies)
Translation on rencong scabbard (4 replies)
Toxic preservatives on old weapons? (5 replies)
Another atypical kris (8 replies)
New Treasures on OBJET: Central Asian Swords Now Featured! (0 replies)
Chinese or Philippines short saber? (2 replies)
sangi (3 replies)
Tuareg short dagger (4 replies)
Short sword - from where? when? (0 replies)
Japanese? Chinese? Character Translation Requested (6 replies)
Cut down tulwar (1 replies)
Antique small kastane sword, before after (4 replies)
Tuareg club (11 replies)
Moro kampilan (?) Spanish American war era (17 replies)
Hello Old Friends (5 replies)
The Cut Throat World --- (0 replies)
Khanda (Firangi) Sword (6 replies)
South Seas club? (13 replies)
A koummya- and contexts (50 replies)
Cikeruh/Tjikeroeh golok, Javanese translation help? (3 replies)
Persian hilt identification (3 replies)
Jambiya thouma translation wanted (1 replies)
Pedang Lurus (5 replies)
Kerambit (1 replies)
A Sulawesi sword for discussion (6 replies)
spears/harpoons/javelins (4 replies)
Input on this recent acquisition - Luzon? Age? (3 replies)
Hoping for a translation from Hindi (4 replies)
Small sharp and massive sword, horn of Africa ?? (7 replies)
Frontier cuirass c. 1720 believed Pueblo Indian in Spanish Style (42 replies)
Unique swords with "scimitar" vibe (0 replies)
Wooden Club (6 replies)
Katar for coments and thoughts (3 replies)
Hill tribe sword (5 replies)
Dagger South Sudan (8 replies)
Vintage Ilocano knife (2 replies)
Working Moroccan Nimcha with Interesting Script (2 replies)
Seeking information for a large beautiful (Qama?) sword. (8 replies)
New sheath to my bolo (4 replies)
An interesting knife from the Southeast Asian peninsula (5 replies)
Large Naga dao (5 replies)
Arrows (and a bow) (3 replies)
Zheng Yi Sao Pirate Sword (17 replies)
Thick knife frome Bali/Lombok (40 replies)
And now, for something DIFFERENT ….. (from me, anyway) ;) (3 replies)
Narrow Maasai swords (3 replies)
Iron hilt of talwar and piso pedang (11 replies)
new yataghan in my collection (5 replies)
I say it's Filipino my friend insists it's African... (6 replies)
Another straight machete of uncertain origin (8 replies)
Tuareg allar(h) old spear (9 replies)
Where did the practice of placing small stones in pulwar hilts originate? (5 replies)
Small Fang sword (7 replies)
Unusual metal handle barong (4 replies)
Ottoman silver shamshir sword (10 replies)
Ottoman pala traslation please (2 replies)
Some swords from Indonesia (17 replies)
Aceh rencong and siwaih (13 replies)
Sangi Bagobo (3 replies)
Filipino long sword info requested (7 replies)
Opinions about book Mexican Swords (3 replies)
Sword from Angola. Chokwe, Salampasu? (25 replies)
Tulwar bought on Sunday, 09.02.25 (3 replies)
Pesh Kabz, Choora or Afghan Knife. (2 replies)
A new Nimcha for comment (16 replies)
My first Corvo (6 replies)
Daily dha (4 replies)
Budiak re-shafted (5 replies)
Did Safavid/Qajar Persia have the largest sword making industry in Asia? (2 replies)
Is this Jezail authentic? (5 replies)
Two small Hmong utility daggers (2 replies)
Please help ID curved short sword. Possibly Indian? (3 replies)
Koummya for comment (3 replies)
Japanese short sword (3 replies)
My new spear from Philippines (9 replies)
How unique are the edged weapons of Afghanistan in comparison to their neighbors? (5 replies)
A new resource and database dedicated to Oriental arms and armour. (0 replies)
Unusual Albacete knife (8 replies)
“Might and Magnificence” exhibition catalogue (8 replies)
Takouba with a 16th century blade? (11 replies)
Lombok pedang cagak or sundrik lombok (7 replies)
Second dha silver handle (14 replies)
Saif? Szabla?? What have I got? (2 replies)