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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th October 2022, 06:15 PM
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Views: 16,750
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi TVV, This is a sword I bought 17 years ago on...

Hi TVV, This is a sword I bought 17 years ago on oriental-arms, where it was described as "most probably from the Arabian peninsula and one of the execution sword style". Then, I also read somewhere...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th May 2022, 08:16 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,842
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
O bought very similar dagger years ago in...

O bought very similar dagger years ago in Tunisia. But they used to sell thing also from the surrounding countries.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th April 2022, 09:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 11,178
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
These "Ethiopian inscriptions" used to be mostly...

These "Ethiopian inscriptions" used to be mostly in the liturgical language gi 'iz (not modern Amharic language), and the main inscription often used to be something like: "And Ethiopia raises its...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th March 2022, 10:46 PM
Replies: 546
Views: 3,284,954
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Habr Awwal warriors – one of the tribes of the Issaq clan, Somalis

Photo by Alexandre Marchand (from the book "African Train"),
around Dire Dawa (Ethiopia) 1911 – 1913
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2022, 09:26 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 8,669
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
The far right is from Ethiopia. The far left...

The far right is from Ethiopia.

The far left one should be tribes Mongo or Kutu or Saka from Congo (acc to Westerdijk: Ijzerwerk van central Afika)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 18th February 2022, 10:05 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 15,262
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Geoff, Thank you for sending an important (at...

Geoff, Thank you for sending an important (at least for me) photo! The British Museum knife allocation is also interesting (Ogaden is part of Ethiopia and Darod lives along the border (if my memory...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th February 2022, 12:29 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 15,262
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
-- I meant the first two knives from the...

-- I meant the first two knives from the beginning of the thread
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th February 2022, 12:27 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 15,262
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi, I'm afraid sometimes we have been...

Hi,

I'm afraid sometimes we have been creating imaginary categories in areas we have little information about....

From my point of view there are few credible resp. seriously verifiable...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th February 2022, 08:31 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 40,321
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hi, As for the "inlaid metal decoration", it...

Hi,
As for the "inlaid metal decoration", it can also be found on the handles of Hausa daggers (Nigerian Sahel). I believe that Hausa daggers decorated in this way have appeared on the Internet...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th January 2022, 08:18 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 105,972
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Enclosed is photo of scabbard from Mali with a...

Enclosed is photo of scabbard from Mali with a typical cord fastening
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th January 2022, 03:11 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 105,972
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Also the fastening of the belt loops somehow...

Also the fastening of the belt loops somehow reminds Mali .....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th July 2021, 04:18 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 19,384
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Dear Duccio, Thank you for posting the link...

Dear Duccio,

Thank you for posting the link to the interesting website www.memoire-africaine.com. However, I am afraid there is some missunderstanding here. The knife you describe as "bottom left"...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st November 2020, 06:29 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 6,217
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hello, I saw very similar (nearly identical)...

Hello,

I saw very similar (nearly identical) to the smaller one n the flea market in Ankara years ago. The blade was thick and very heavy. Also I saw similar on the market in Tbilisi (but with...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th October 2020, 02:15 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 22,846
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Thank you Kubur

Thank you Kubur
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th October 2020, 09:57 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,095
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hello Ron, This is interesting Ethiopian...

Hello Ron,

This is interesting Ethiopian montage. The scabbards, this case, also comes from abroad (just like the blades ...). Unfortunately I am not able to identify...
Best,
Martin
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th October 2020, 09:46 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 22,846
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hello Kubur. Thank you for interesting...

Hello Kubur.
Thank you for interesting pictures. Please, could you post some pictures of a typical Ottoman shield ? And also how it was/is called (if not kalkan) ? Thank you.

Best regards,
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th October 2020, 11:39 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 11,445
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hello Francantolin, Unfortunatelly, this is...

Hello Francantolin,

Unfortunatelly, this is purely touristic piece, probably made in Addis Ababa, and made recently. This one resembles Oromo shield. I think they started to make such copies ca...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th August 2020, 05:21 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 26,910
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
I am truly sorry ...

I am truly sorry ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th June 2020, 04:14 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 24,000
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Quotation Ariel: Meanwhile, the closest thing...

Quotation Ariel:
Meanwhile, the closest thing I could find is the very same book by Lebedynsky ( " Les Armes Orientales", p. 68). Both are guardless ( just like mine) and just as short ( compared...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th June 2020, 08:24 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 20,863
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
fourth from the left

fourth from the left
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th June 2020, 07:52 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 20,863
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Nice billao and cleaning (BTW, "billa" in Amharic...

Nice billao and cleaning (BTW, "billa" in Amharic language means knife - generally, in Somali language I donīt know, maybe too ?)
I am enclosing several old pictures with billao pommels (group in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th May 2020, 08:49 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 20,620
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Yes, takoubas are in use - as a part of national...

Yes, takoubas are in use - as a part of national costume.... The scabbard itself, the leather part, is "old". I think I can say this as I saw production of "new" scabbards in that region ago.
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th May 2020, 06:51 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 20,620
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
I also think that the ornament extruded in the...

I also think that the ornament extruded in the skin (small triangles in the rows) indicatecsa "Nigerian" origin of the scabbard. (I hope that Iain as expert will add his comment)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th May 2020, 06:21 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 13,076
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Also the fastening with steel tape resembles...

Also the fastening with steel tape resembles south Zambia ...
But, frankly speaking, I have never seen spear attributed to Mozambique and so take my assumptions with a grain of salt. I you were told...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th May 2020, 06:12 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 13,076
Posted By Martin Lubojacky
Hello Ralph and welcome to the Forum. I donīt...

Hello Ralph and welcome to the Forum.
I donīt know, where are this spears and clubs from. What I can say as an "observer": The style of forging of the spearheads reminds me the dagger blades from...
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