Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2013, 05:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2013, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 8
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Hi Detlef!
here is a page from Tribal Arms...
Hi Detlef!
here is a page from Tribal Arms Monographs n°2 you can see your example in pic. 55, mine in pic. 59 (or also in pic. 54). The one showed in pic. 55 it's before 1912. The tribes are the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2013, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,463
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2013, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,460
Hi Detlef!
The lobala is long circa 62 cm....
Hi Detlef!
The lobala is long circa 62 cm. The face that you see it's the better preserved, unfortunatly. The other has more pittings and the decoration is clear only on the lower part (the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2013, 03:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2013, 03:30 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,460
Two new pieces (from Congo!)
I know that many of us already knows these kind of swords, but.... who knows? Maybe for someone of the new members these are quite unknowns and they like to see them :D
A konda short sword ( the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th August 2013, 03:20 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st July 2013, 01:22 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2013, 10:42 AM
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Thank you Iain :)
Detlef,
yes the...
Thank you Iain :)
Detlef,
yes the blade was very corroded and so, one of the previous owners had heavily cleaned it... that's why the decoration is a little bit vanished :shrug:
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2013, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2013, 12:53 AM
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Views: 13,794
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th July 2013, 12:48 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 10,738
Hi Kai!
So you are with me that the nunber...
Hi Kai!
So you are with me that the nunber exist? Ok, I'm not crazy :D
Hi Detlef!
Sure, I see your post, very nice sword and very similar. Yours has a better blade since mine was polished...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2013, 05:31 PM
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Replies: 7
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A Ngala and a Salampasu
Hi all! Here are two new pretty pets that I have adopted :D a Ngala execution sword and a Salampasu short sword. On the Salamapasu scabbard there are three numbers, seems to me "158" or "159" and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th July 2013, 02:11 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,957
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th July 2013, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,957
Thank you all for your comments! I was thinking...
Thank you all for your comments! I was thinking that the scabbard was late 19th century and the barung a little bit recent, but I'm not an expert at all, and this was just an idea that comes in my...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th July 2013, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,957
Thank you guys! :) It was a quite simple...
Thank you guys! :) It was a quite simple restoration project, indeed :rolleyes:
Now I have a question: do you think that the barung and the scabbard are contemporary? Seems to me that the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th July 2013, 06:07 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,957
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th July 2013, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,957
A rather nice Barung
Hi all!!!!
It's passed a lot of time from my latest post with some new stuff... Hope to have time to post soon some of my new pieces!
Anyway here we go! A rather nice barung, or barong if you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th May 2013, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 11,465
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2013, 10:58 PM
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Views: 17,519
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th May 2013, 10:55 PM
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Views: 10,519
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2013, 01:03 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,561
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th April 2013, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,561
Hi guys!!!
Thank you all!!! I explain better...
Hi guys!!!
Thank you all!!! I explain better what I need (even if already your help is precious!!):
A dear friend of mine, and an archeologist collegue (his field of interest is the metallurgy of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2013, 09:07 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,561
Help on african blacksmiths
HI guys!!!
Can you provide some references (book or articles) on the role of african blacksmiths in their society?
I appreciate any kind of help :)
Thank you so much
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th April 2013, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 13,669
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