Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Unknown dagger for ID and comment
Hi all,
This dagger (below) has defied my attempts to identify it. I suspect that it is African in origin but that is just a hunch, the blocky hilt with its rectangular cross-section is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2024, 02:38 AM
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Hi Detlef,
Thanks, it does look...
Hi Detlef,
Thanks, it does look somewhat similar to the Lele/Lulua sword on pg. 15, but the hilt is odd. I wonder if it is a recent replacement?
- ADS
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
17th March 2024, 02:37 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th March 2024, 07:41 PM
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Mystery sword - tourist/souvenir piece?
Hi all,
I recently obtained a sword I have not been able to place, it has a wide leaf-shaped blade but a constricted "neck" with small spikes near the hilt. There are somewhat faint V-shaped...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th March 2024, 02:52 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2024, 04:47 AM
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Unknown spearheads
Hi all,
I have a trio of spearheads that I have not been able to identify, any help would be greatly appreciated. The first two are nearly identical and came with basket scabbards. I suspect...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2024, 02:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th March 2024, 02:01 AM
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Hi Tim, thanks for you comment, it does make...
Hi Tim, thanks for you comment, it does make sense that material culture items including these spears probably spread far and wide.
Ian, the description of at least one of the museum specimens...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2024, 03:33 AM
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Horn-tipped spear for comment and discussion
Hi all,
I was able to get my hands on interesting horn-tipped spear presumably from Sudan. I found one other thread in this forum's archives (link below) that discussed similar examples...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd February 2024, 12:50 AM
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Hi David,
This is indeed a sword of the...
Hi David,
This is indeed a sword of the Malinke and other Mande speaking peoples
Sources:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21975&highlight=Mande+sword...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th February 2024, 02:50 AM
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Hi Ian,
This is a very nice dagger of...
Hi Ian,
This is a very nice dagger of the Vere or Bata people from eastern Nigeria and northern Cameroon. These daggers were purely ceremonial, the scabbard and hilt are entirely of cast...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th January 2024, 02:01 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th January 2024, 01:09 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2024, 06:02 PM
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Mandara (???) dagger
Hi,
I recently acquired this dagger that is giving me Northern Nigeria/Cameroon Mandara mountains vibes but I'm not entirely certain. If anyone can provide a more definitive ID that would be...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th October 2023, 01:54 PM
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Hi,
These types of daggers are commonly...
Hi,
These types of daggers are commonly attributed to Mande speaking people groups of West Africa, my guess for a more specific ID would be Soninke or Malinke in Senegambia, Mauritania, and/or...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
8th October 2023, 07:27 PM
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Hi,
These are common in eastern Africa...
Hi,
These are common in eastern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, southern Ethiopia) and used by several different people groups such as the Maasai, Pokot, Turkana, etc.
- ADS
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th September 2023, 11:12 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2023, 11:41 PM
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Hi drac2k,
These shields could most...
Hi drac2k,
These shields could most definitely be from the Maasai people, here is a vintage photo of a warrior and a few shields from the British Museum
Maasai warrior:...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th August 2023, 05:44 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th August 2023, 04:17 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th August 2023, 08:01 PM
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Spear ID help request
Hi all,
I recently acquired the below two spears in a lot of African spears, these two are the only ones I am not confident in assigning an ethnic or regional attribution.
Spear 1 measures...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st May 2023, 01:28 AM
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Hi,
These types of daggers are usually...
Hi,
These types of daggers are usually attributed to the Hausa people (Nigeria, Niger, Chad, etc.) but could also conceivably have been used by the Fulbe due to their close association with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th May 2023, 12:52 AM
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Hi Martin,
I agree with your...
Hi Martin,
I agree with your attribution. I have a Hausa dagger/short sword that has triangular engravings on a region of the blade resembling those on your sword, lending support to a...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th September 2022, 03:39 AM
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