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KraVseR
6th November 2013, 05:55 PM
Hello! What traditional weapons are used by Herero and Namaqua?

Ibrahiim al Balooshi
25th November 2013, 09:07 AM
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Ibrahiim al Balooshi
25th November 2013, 09:18 AM
Hello! What traditional weapons are used by Herero and Namaqua?


Salaams KraVseR ~ Apparently Herero used kirri... or as described by wikipedia; The Knobkierrie, occasionally spelled knopkierie or knobkerry, is a strong, short wooden club with a heavy rounded knob or head on one end, traditionally used by Southern African ethnic groups including the Zulu, as a weapon in warfare and the chase. The word Knobkierrie derives from the Dutch knop (knob or button), and the Bushman and Hottentot kerrie or kirri (stick); in the Zulu language it was called the iwisa.The weapon is employed at close quarters, or as a missile, and in time of peace may serve as a walking-stick. The head, or knob, is often ornately carved with faces or shapes that have symbolic meaning.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

KraVseR
5th December 2013, 07:40 PM
Salaams KraVseR ~ Apparently Herero used kirri... or as described by wikipedia; The Knobkierrie, occasionally spelled knopkierie or knobkerry, is a strong, short wooden club with a heavy rounded knob or head on one end, traditionally used by Southern African ethnic groups including the Zulu, as a weapon in warfare and the chase. The word Knobkierrie derives from the Dutch knop (knob or button), and the Bushman and Hottentot kerrie or kirri (stick); in the Zulu language it was called the iwisa.The weapon is employed at close quarters, or as a missile, and in time of peace may serve as a walking-stick. The head, or knob, is often ornately carved with faces or shapes that have symbolic meaning.

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.
Thanks! Maybe something else? Spears, axes, shields, etc?

thinreadline
10th December 2013, 09:18 PM
Thanks! Maybe something else? Spears, axes, shields, etc?

In their uprising against the German Colonial forces in 1904 they were mostly armed with obsolete firearms .