Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th March 2013, 01:44 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th March 2013, 08:30 PM
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Shotel
without any doubts an Ethiopian shotel. They have different formsm depending of region and tribes. Below a small collection.
Best Wolf
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Forum: European Armoury
26th February 2013, 09:04 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd February 2013, 07:47 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd February 2013, 09:58 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
23rd February 2013, 06:24 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
22nd February 2013, 09:04 PM
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Renaissance style stiletto
Dear Gentlemen,
normal I collect ethnographic weapons from Africa, Now it happens that I picked up a strange dagger. It is definitely from Mahdist warriors, but only modified from those guys....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2013, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 15
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Martin, could it be that the iron pike is at...
Martin, could it be that the iron pike is at least a massive spear shoe? Sure it's big, but I know other who are bigger. I also have two Tanzania spears with such round flatted ends, but much...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2013, 01:42 PM
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Replies: 15
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Hello Martin,
first a Happy New Year to you...
Hello Martin,
first a Happy New Year to you and all other members.
May I ask you if the shaft on the other side is broken off.....on the wall picture it looks a little bit as iif it is broken?...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2012, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 30
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Dear Emanuel,
thanks for your friendly words...
Dear Emanuel,
thanks for your friendly words :-)
Even I don't speak French, I would be happy if you can send me a copy of Camille Lacoste Dujardin's article on "Sabres Kabyles". My friend Mauro...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th October 2012, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 43,947
Hi Emanuel,
thanks for your answer in the...
Hi Emanuel,
thanks for your answer in the forum.
Unfortunately I also don't know how this weapons are once used. Once I read in a museum file used from foot soldiers and like a stabbing weapon....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th October 2012, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 43,947
Hi Emanuel,
I just found your interesting...
Hi Emanuel,
I just found your interesting thread about the Flyssa, it seems you have much knowledge in this field.
Have you, or any other member ever found or seen a Flyssa with such a wide...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th October 2012, 11:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th October 2012, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 541
Views: 1,964,320
yes Iain, there I will follow you, because I...
yes Iain, there I will follow you, because I think it was a fantastic idea, which should not die.
Wolf
Where: Kenya
When: around 1900
Who: Dschagga
Weapons visible: Spears, shields
Source if...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd December 2011, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 31
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
23rd December 2011, 02:38 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 28,513
Iain, they say in the book clear that they...
Iain, they say in the book clear that they started with the producing of this special mark in 1590. That's why I think, could not be before. They don't say in this book when they stopped with this...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd December 2011, 09:02 PM
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Replies: 31
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Hi Iain,
if the cross mark is no imitation,...
Hi Iain,
if the cross mark is no imitation, will say an original mark, than it makes no sense to me, that the blade could be earlier than 1590. Why should a German (Solingen) blacksmith made his...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd December 2011, 05:38 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 28,513
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
18th December 2011, 10:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st February 2010, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,736
Hi Lew,
sorry to say, but I have great doubts...
Hi Lew,
sorry to say, but I have great doubts if it is a real knife. There are so many points which are usual at this knife typ. It looks nice, that's no question, but possibly a tourist item. Also...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2010, 12:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th January 2010, 09:15 PM
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Views: 6,653
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st December 2009, 09:55 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 11,944
Hi Peter,
which other Somali quiver you mean? I...
Hi Peter,
which other Somali quiver you mean? I only see yours and mine and this Borana quiver from the book. The difference between yours and mine is in my eyes only the age. Yours I think is more...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th December 2009, 01:13 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 11,944
Hi Peter,
what you have is definitely a...
Hi Peter,
what you have is definitely a quiver from the Borana in South Ethiopia. They are used from the Borana hunter group called "wata". There are also Somali hunter groups coming from the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2009, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 12,682
my favourite museums in Germany are also in...
my favourite museums in Germany are also in Berlin/Dahlem, next the Linden museum in Stuttgart as Peter say. The third place for me have the Überseemuseum in Bremen. It is direct beside the railway...
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