Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2024, 07:28 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st March 2024, 07:14 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th February 2024, 12:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th February 2024, 08:39 AM
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I would like to correct myself, I got carried...
I would like to correct myself, I got carried away by what I personally call "classic afaraks".
There are, of course, other groups of purely Afar knives, which are also called gile, but they are...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2024, 09:34 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th February 2024, 05:52 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th February 2024, 07:59 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2024, 11:21 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th February 2024, 09:03 AM
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Similar sticks, in which was hidden a blade of...
Similar sticks, in which was hidden a blade of diamond cross-section, but about 10 - 30 cm longer, used to be common in Ethiopia, where they were "importantly" worn under the arm by various guards,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th February 2024, 06:11 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th February 2024, 04:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2024, 07:53 AM
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Hi,
I bought cca in 2009 in a small town...
Hi,
I bought cca in 2009 in a small town Rhumsiki in the Mandara mountains in northern Cameroon very simmilar knife (not only central rib, but also the lower part of the sheath)....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st December 2023, 06:41 PM
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The dagger is really nice. nevertheless the...
The dagger is really nice. nevertheless the dating by the auction house is not correct, I think. (I saw just made daggers like this in around the year 2000, which ofcourse does not mean that this is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd November 2023, 07:56 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th October 2023, 09:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th October 2023, 11:47 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th October 2023, 07:43 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st October 2023, 03:05 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2023, 06:10 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st September 2023, 05:56 PM
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Hi Marc,
Yes, you are right, I wrote by mistake...
Hi Marc,
Yes, you are right, I wrote by mistake Amharic dagger insted of Amhara dagger. I am enclosing my dagger. Years ago I was told that it comes from Bahir Dar region...
But in general, I think...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2023, 02:33 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th September 2023, 02:27 PM
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Hi, in my opinion (however might be wrong...),...
Hi, in my opinion (however might be wrong...), regardless of the similar type of blade to the Afar/Issa knives, this is a classic Amharic dagger... The covering of the scabbard in fine leather with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th September 2023, 04:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th July 2023, 06:38 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th June 2023, 06:25 PM
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Hi, Just for fun I am attaching a picture of a...
Hi, Just for fun I am attaching a picture of a dagger I bought cca in 2009 in a small town, or rather village Rhumsiki in the Mandara mountains in northern Cameroon. I believe the dagger was newly...
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