Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th November 2025, 02:19 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2025, 09:36 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th November 2025, 04:35 PM
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Thanks, Detlef!
The hole is sealed with...
Thanks, Detlef!
The hole is sealed with glue; apparently, there used to be some kind of decoration there. I cleaned the hole a bit and examined it with a magnifying glass and flashlight. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th November 2025, 01:05 PM
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Thanks, Detlef!
I'm not very knowledgeable...
Thanks, Detlef!
I'm not very knowledgeable about bone types, and I don't have a camel bone, so I can't compare.
Here's a photo for comparison:
Dha - elephant
Tooth - sperm whale
I'd...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th November 2025, 02:29 PM
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Hi Detlef, thank you!
I might be wrong about...
Hi Detlef, thank you!
I might be wrong about the ivory, but if it's sperm whale or walrus tusk, which was very rare in the Middle East and Morocco, the item's value increases significantly. And...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd November 2025, 07:52 PM
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A new addition to the collection.
Finally found a decent cummiya.
A prestigious item, a good forged blade, ivory (not banned in my country), silver, and gold plated.
I welcome your comments.
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Forum: European Armoury
26th October 2025, 10:00 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
1st October 2025, 09:49 PM
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Jim—that's not a Russian weapon.
F. Ushakov...
Jim—that's not a Russian weapon.
F. Ushakov was awarded a golden weapon by the Republic of the Seven United Islands. And if that sword is indeed in the portrait, it has diamonds, not rivets.
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Forum: European Armoury
30th September 2025, 01:32 PM
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Republic of the Seven United Islands sword
Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov (February 13, 1745 – October 2, 1817) was a Russian naval commander, commander of the Black Sea Fleet (1790–1798); commander of the Russo-Turkish squadron in the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th September 2025, 10:30 AM
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A new book about African history, that's...
A new book about African history, that's fantastic! I wish you creative success!
Regarding trinkets on weapons:
Firstly, they are a hindrance in real combat. A combat weapon should be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2025, 08:49 PM
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[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;299949]
Truly...
[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;299949]
Truly brilliant! I have had my single example of the Mandinka saber for decades, and never knew much about it as little was ever covered on them in the circulating...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th September 2025, 08:45 PM
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Thanks to Changdao for this very important...
Thanks to Changdao for this very important information.
But I would like to discuss specifically the "Mandinka" sabers, which date to the late 19th - early 20th centuries.
I have the following...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th September 2025, 11:22 PM
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The Mandinka Sabre (continued)
Changdao provided a brilliant overview of the region from the 12th to the 18th centuries. But as we know, all empires have phases of rise and decline: some disappear, and new ones arise.
We have...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2025, 11:39 PM
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The Mandinka Sabre (continued)
Let's look at what sabers were called in the Sokoto Caliphate.
J.P. Smaldone «Warfare in the Sokoto Caliphate»:
Page 220
A Glossary of Hausa Military Terminology:
almulku - single-edged saber...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th September 2025, 11:17 PM
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Mandinka saber
Jim, hello!
Mandinka sabre? Funny, don't you think that's our favorite name game? :) Especially when it comes to Africa.
I couldn't find any evidence of what Malinke called this sabre. Here's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd September 2025, 11:03 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th September 2025, 08:32 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th September 2025, 07:04 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th September 2025, 09:58 PM
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Thanks Tim for the information.
Yes, the...
Thanks Tim for the information.
Yes, the seller gave information that the previous owner destroyed the hair because he was afraid of witchcraft :D. Apparently, he also made a leather braid. The...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2025, 08:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th September 2025, 06:20 PM
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I found this axe at an auction in the section:...
I found this axe at an auction in the section: construction, craft and agricultural tools. I had no idea what it was.
Thanks to Detlef, you gave me the information in time. I managed to buy it for...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th September 2025, 06:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th September 2025, 11:21 PM
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I'll add from the same book:
At last, it was...
I'll add from the same book:
At last, it was agreed that Moran had become a man, and was fit to be a warrior. A certain rite, better known in Asia than Europe, was performed; and Moran was no...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th August 2025, 12:24 AM
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[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;299271]
* on p.162...
[QUOTE=Jim McDougall;299271]
* on p.162 Burton notes, "few of the Baghirmi can afford 'kaskara' (swords)".
Barth Heinrich «Travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa» (1857) v.3,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd August 2025, 09:58 PM
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