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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th April 2026, 03:13 AM
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Posted By Battara
What Detlef said....... The copper in the...

What Detlef said.......

The copper in the swassa makes it tarnish black over time. However, the gold in it delays it somewhat.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 27th April 2026, 01:30 AM
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Posted By Battara
Ok...........A is the older one. It has come to...

Ok...........A is the older one. It has come to my attention that C might have a separate ganga, so maybe pushed back to 1910s-1920s.

On copper baka-baka clamps: I think it was more of expense...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th April 2026, 01:11 AM
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Posted By Battara
This piece looks to me to be Maguindanao based on...

This piece looks to me to be Maguindanao based on the base blade style and on the okir work. I would also place this in the 1910s-1930s?

The bottom one I would attribute to the same tribe, but...
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