Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st June 2016, 04:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th June 2016, 04:18 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th June 2016, 09:30 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th June 2016, 09:26 PM
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Sorry about not having that image uploaded......
Sorry about not having that image uploaded... thank you for your patience.
Here it is.. what is this technique? Can anyone be of assistance? Thanks in advance, and again, apologies for the delay.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
16th June 2016, 11:11 PM
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Technique??
I am unsure of what this technique is. It appears on an Indian shield, described as Benares enamel but looking at the technique closely it looks like Bidri work to me with inlaid brass. The pitted...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2016, 06:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2016, 04:14 PM
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Surely the presence of the crescent moon is not...
Surely the presence of the crescent moon is not an exclusive indicator of Muslim origin. The technique, the iconography/design seems to me would be more important to consider. The similarity of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2016, 12:11 AM
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right shield
And this one is metal, I was told.. not hide as it appears to be with the black lacquer
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th April 2016, 12:10 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2016, 11:02 PM
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Jens Nordlunde - Your opinion that it might be...
Jens Nordlunde - Your opinion that it might be Afghan based upon the Moser catalogue is based on … photographs of Afghan shields? or some of the text offered in that catalogue? If text.. can you...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th April 2016, 06:45 AM
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Where are these two shields from?
I find so many of the literature is vague when it comes to the provenance or place of origin/manufacture of some of these Indian shields.
I have recently developed an interest in these things...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
19th March 2016, 01:27 AM
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Who knows Thai??
If you have not found someone… I know someone living in Thailand, maybe I can help if it is not too much text?
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th March 2016, 01:21 AM
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for Rajesh...
Rajesh.. THANK YOU! Much appreciated. I wonder if you know some books, perhaps books printed in India(?) that will have this information that you have carefully written for us.
I want to thank...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2016, 03:26 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
15th March 2016, 01:32 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
3rd March 2016, 04:16 AM
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