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Iain
29th October 2011, 04:26 PM
I was browsing through the onlines collections at amnh.org today and stumbled across this bizarre sword.
http://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=90%2E1%2F%205952%20AB
Any ideas? I'm not even sure that it's African...
Ibrahiim al Balooshi
29th October 2011, 04:51 PM
I was browsing through the onlines collections at amnh.org today and stumbled across this bizarre sword.
http://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=90%2E1%2F%205952%20AB
Any ideas? I'm not even sure that it's African...
Salaams Iain, It looks Roman, Greek or Persian. Ibrahiim.
Tim Simmons
29th October 2011, 05:06 PM
Looks like an East African spear blade made into a dagger. This blade is 67cm long not including the sockect. The scabbard looks Arab to me?
carlos
29th October 2011, 05:36 PM
The sheath and the blade remember me a indian katar.
carlos
Jim McDougall
29th October 2011, 06:58 PM
I'd like to add to the excellent observations thus far, and say that at first glance I get the impression of a rather atavistic version of a type of 'akinakes' from the NW regions of India/Central Asia. The suggestion of ancient assessments of Greek, Roman and Persian by Ibrahiim fall well into place here as well as Scythian type weapons were associated.
The shouldered shape of the blade recalled early European bronze into iron age and a number of weapons in these northern regions of India reflect earlier weapons of these times such as the anthromorphic swords of Hallstadt etc. influences seem to be seen in weapons like the forms of chilanum .
The hook type hilt also recalls Greek kopis and other weapons of ancient times. Interesting for further research!
Iain
31st October 2011, 12:20 PM
I remembered this sword from discussions past... http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11617
Seems to share some characteristics?
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