Armenian warrior from Zeytun

Kalmuk from a most interesting geographic book from 1618

The sword shouldered by the central figure appears to be of particularly rare form of belato, associated with Nias island.

Hello Bob,

I don't think so, it's a mandau with the edge pointed to his throat. See also the handle in his hand. ;) Also the blowpipe, shields and costumes are Dayak.

Regards,
Detlef

The item link in the posts above shows other items at the bottom of that page for sale which is not allowed. :(

FYI: I got this picture from an old Dutch book about the Dutch Indies on the Alifuru in the Moluccan islands...

so I think our friend Detlev might be correct, as the literature of those days might contain some errors but nevertheless it concerned the Dutch colonial region .

Some more pics on the Mena Muria'warriors from the Moluccans .
The last pic are Honitetu-Alifuru dancing the tjakalele Piru, Ceram 1912

I don't know what happened, I just copied the picture, sorry!

Ah, now I understand, it was the link provided by Bob.

Thank you; I had noted the handle, but was overexcited by the blade shape.
You're of course correct about the accoutrements.

I should shave with Occam's razor.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...&postcount=343

a couple more pics of these soldiers and their swords

two sculptures by Jean Francois Theodore Gechter ; one an Ottoman warrior and the other a scene from the battle of Aboukir

gp, do you know who the king on horseback is supposed to be?

Unfortunately not: the only title on this sculpture is “ Guerrier à Cheval “ , i.e. warrior on horse and made end 19th century. Sometimes “Ottoman” added to warrior on some of the literature describing this piece of art.

with reference to a resent topic, one of the early pics in "the West" of these fierce and feared warriors

"Janissaire, Chef-Arciere, Comandante, et Bourreau Turc - XV -XVI Siècle" acquaforte originale ca. 15,5x25,5 cm by Raphael Jacquemin (1821 - 1881)
in a book of maps published by Delatre Paris in 1870