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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st January 2023, 08:53 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you so much Teodor! and especially for the...

Thank you so much Teodor! and especially for the link to the brilliant writing of Iain Norman. His research on Saharan and West African edged weapons is the most thorough and well supported I have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2022, 03:47 PM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Thank you Tim, it does seem these examples with...

Thank you Tim, it does seem these examples with takouba style hilt but with aljuinar (=curved_ blades occur mostly to the West African regions. It is really difficult to get good insights into these...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2022, 05:46 AM
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Posted By Jim McDougall
Aljuinar takouba with unusual marking

This seems to be of the type hilt associated with takouba from Mandara people or near Cameroon?
The slightly curved blade with two fullers I thought might be European, but others similar could be...
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