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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2007, 11:36 PM
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Posted By xerg
Wow thanks for the replies! I'm very excited to...

Wow thanks for the replies! I'm very excited to go back tomorrow and see them in the daylight when I'm not totally exhausted and burnt out on shopping.

I'm most attracted to the tall, dark one in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2007, 09:41 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 6,520
Posted By xerg
I can second the Tuareg diagnosis for the middle...

I can second the Tuareg diagnosis for the middle piece. You see small daggers with scabbards like that all over West Africa. In fact, they're one of the more common replica pieces. The green that...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2007, 09:16 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 6,098
Posted By xerg
ID for Chadian/Tebu/Fulani/Tuareg swords?

I listed so many ethnicities in the title since I'm not sure what these are.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2073/2055766074_17ac350dcb.jpg?v=0...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 22nd November 2007, 08:21 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,873
Posted By xerg
Thanks to both of you for your fast replies! It's...

Thanks to both of you for your fast replies! It's so nice to have access to a knowledgeable and responsive community.

I think that what the old man was telling me was that it was a "Goran" dagger,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th November 2007, 10:03 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 4,873
Posted By xerg
Please help me ID these Chadian daggers.

Hi all. I'm currently on the ground in lovely N'djamena, Chad and picked up a couple of daggers purely because they were aesthetically pleasing and the price was right (I got them both for 9,500CFA...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th November 2007, 09:24 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,512
Posted By xerg
Hi all! Thanks for the advice. In the end, I...

Hi all! Thanks for the advice. In the end, I didn't have enough time in country to go back and take a second look at the thing. I don't feel bad for having missed it after reading this thread,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th November 2007, 12:24 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,512
Posted By xerg
Need info ASAP, novice on ground in Tuareg country!

Hi all, I usually would prefer to do a lot of exhaustive research about a new topic such as this myself, but as I currently find myself in Lome, Togo paying through the nose for sloooooooooooooooooow...
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