Ethnographic Weapons [Archive] - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

A Filipino D-Guard oddity Bicol? (2 replies)
Piha Kaetta (6 replies)
VANDOO THREADS (3 replies)
Mandingo Daggers (9 replies)
Tribal dagger - any idea of origin, age , background? (2 replies)
Is this wootz? (8 replies)
An interesting .... what is it? (18 replies)
Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (3 replies)
Please Help Identify Asian(?) Daggers (7 replies)
Pirates of Malabar Coast in 17th to 19th c swords (5 replies)
Knife for id please (2 replies)
Short spear, India/Indonesia? (6 replies)
Albanese khanjar, translation calligraphy (6 replies)
Budiak double twistcore spearhead (6 replies)
Nepalese Tulwar-hilted Kukri or ??? (12 replies)
Jambiya question (9 replies)
Why This Article Changes the Game for Caucasian Arms (3 replies)
Help to id flintpistol please (6 replies)
Ethiopian Amharic shield (7 replies)
Ethiopian shotel (18 replies)
Shield, Galla? (2 replies)
Two Cuban machete swords (4 replies)
Katana original ? (24 replies)
I recently acquired Chinese gun barrels (12 replies)
ID needed: African axe (4 replies)
Need help with research (12 replies)
Kaskara with 'enigmatic' marking (9 replies)
Central African for ID (18 replies)
Klewang or a Piso? (7 replies)
HAPPY 2026 !!!! (2 replies)
Last of My 20th Century Kukri’s (0 replies)
A pair of interesting Philippine Edged Weapons (15 replies)
Takouba with a Potentially Older Blade (4 replies)
Another mid 20th Century Indian Kukri? (12 replies)
Two Stone Axes (4 replies)
Unusual Moro barung (1 replies)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!! (2 replies)
Islamic Knee Guard (0 replies)
Tjikeroeh parang - western style (13 replies)
Islamic Arms and Armor in the metropolitan museum of ar (1 replies)
Two Takouba Questions (4 replies)
Mau Mau Rebellion? (9 replies)
Two Batak pedang sabre (9 replies)
A recent auction pick-up—? piha kaetta (2 replies)
A vintage shandigan keping (4 replies)
Canary Island knife and leather sheath (13 replies)
Mafa Dagger (9 replies)
A heavy chopper from Flores, parang Bajawa (2 replies)
Jezail Matchlock (12 replies)
Very sad news! (10 replies)
Chinese River Pirate's Knife? (10 replies)
Silver Hilted Kaskara (6 replies)
Mystery Wooden Club! (10 replies)
Barung Ivory Carved Hilt (7 replies)
A New Idea re Weapons of Oceania and a Poll (23 replies)
taribon - final restoration (2 replies)
Wonderfully forged Bulova axe (2 replies)
Parang Nabur (6 replies)
The (unintentional) artistry of edged weapons (21 replies)
Philippines punal (4 replies)
Unusual dagger ?Philippines ?N. Africa (13 replies)
HuSa dha with brass-covered hilt and scabbard (1 replies)
How common are Chinese swords with bent blades? (3 replies)
Kindjal (qama) for Restoration (13 replies)
ethno sword cane with curious handle (23 replies)
Threaded full length tang on a Moro kris (9 replies)
A Trousse knife? (4 replies)
My BELIDA sword (2 replies)
Chinese set Trouse? (1 replies)
West African dagger (1 replies)
Dutch indies swords (11 replies)
Another Moorish crossbow (2 replies)
Mysterious markings on dha or daab sword (6 replies)
Katar dagger for comment (2 replies)
Who is AD on the shashka (2 replies)
Khyber Knife (3 replies)
Repurposed Something or Another Knife? (13 replies)
A somewhat unusual faca de ponta for sharing (6 replies)
Two old Timorese swords (3 replies)
Rare pre-1900 Paiwan club (10 replies)
A Chinese sword I recently acquired (2 replies)
Kindjal (0 replies)
Website Problem (6 replies)
An old dayak ? Parang latok (11 replies)
Knife with a Spanish Influence? (27 replies)
Small Indonesian klewang (?) (9 replies)
2,500-Year-Old Saka Warrior Found Holding Bronze Sword in Pristine Burial (0 replies)
Reverse mounted Moro kris (2 replies)
Extra long kampilan and testing the legendary scabbarded strike (6 replies)
Is this khyber knife Of Indian or Afghan manufacture? (2 replies)
Someone heard about Kai recently? (4 replies)
Two unusual Moro kris (7 replies)
An unusual stiletto depicted in Indo-Persian miniatures. (13 replies)
Swedish knife info pls (13 replies)
Hello everyone! (7 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? (12 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? (6 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 (35 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 (44 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 (10 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 (11 replies)
Wood,repair,restoration,opinions? (4 replies)
Inscriptions dagger (2 replies)
The Indian PATA and the mysterious MANOPLE (16 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)