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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Thanks Sajen! I've been through all threads on Guyana clubs on here and the pictures from that collection are just insane to say the least :eek: Edit: Come to think, perhaps they are rare, because... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Cool dagger, Tim! I found this article exploring the difference in daggers from human vs. cssowary material: https://www.livescience.com/62399-human-cassowary-bone-daggers.html Cheers, Thor |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Thanks guys! Ken, clubs (or Guyana for that matter) is not my main expertise, so I dont feel confident putting an age on It. Although the patina (on the wood) seems good. Thanks Colin! That is also... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hello friends, Sharing some pictures of my Guyana club (aputu) previosly in the Reubens collection. I am not really sure that the binding is as old as the club. I really like the inherent elegance... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hi, I would need better pics to be certain, but it definitely looks like elephant ivory. This pattern shows, because the piece is cut so it covers both the bark and core ivory of the tusk. Bark and... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hi Ken, Judging from the pictures, the material is IMO most likely rhinoceros horn. Cheers, - Thor |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Nice sword, love the hilt! Could you take a pic and show the scales in cross-section? It looks as if it has the crystalline 2. dentine of walrus visible at the end of the pommes, but the way the... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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T. Koch
![]() Hi guys! The skin is is from one of the large pythons. Hard to be absolutely sure when the patch is as small as this, but IMO it's from a reticulated python, P. reticulatus, native to South East... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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T. Koch
![]() The last two photos of the dagger posted above are from Nile monitor, Varanus niloticus. The ventral scales of monitors, have a linear allignment at the abdomen with no irregular scales between... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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![]() Hi guys, Judging from the pictures, regarding the skin used on these knifes; the squarish pieces are side/belly-pieces from some species of monitor lizard (crocodile species don't have keeled... |
Forum: Keris Warung Kopi
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T. Koch
![]() Hi guys! I'm late to the table here - found the topic while going through the Palembang-posts of the forum. IMO Detlef is probably spot-on: The insert has been done to cover up the natural pulp... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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T. Koch
![]() Hi Detlef - cool archaic! I agree on your observation, that the pommel looks like hippopotamus tusk. Best wishes, - Thor |
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
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T. Koch
![]() Hi Willem! AWESOME(!!) idea for a topic! I am not in a position to give my opinion on your piece concretely, but it is my impression that the Aso as a carved motif, has developed from a quite... |
Forum: Swap Forum
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Views: 2,431
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T. Koch
![]() Hi guys, I haven’t been much active on the boards lately – mostly due to over-working my dayjob and night-working my new homepage. This post is admittedly a shameless plug of the latter. The site is... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Replies: 19
Views: 6,878
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T. Koch
![]() ...and I agree with Gavin in the regard that most CITES enforcers aren't too sharp at worked materials ID and in my experience 99% of customs officers couldn't tie their shoelaces without a... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 6,878
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T. Koch
![]() Hi Erlikhan - just a quick jab from me as I'm on the way out the door. I've been working for the CITES M.A. in Denmark for 7 years+. Walrus is Appendix II/Annex B, so to take the Yataghan with you... |
Forum: Swap Forum
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Forum: Swap Forum
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![]() Jambo rafikis! I am cleaning away some unwanted fat and this guy is looking for a new home. He's a Tulwar with a nicely worked, laminated blade with two fullers, a "yelman", a 1/4 fuller along the... |
Forum: Swap Forum
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![]() Parang and Mandau gone. Paka reduced to EUR 750,-/$ 1030,- Wedung still up for EUR 150,- - thanks guys! |
Forum: Swap Forum
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T. Koch
![]() Mandau #1 and Golok gone too. Wedung still up for EUR 150,- |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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T. Koch
![]() Btw, the new U.S. national restrictions don't seem worse than how it's implemented here in the EU through Council Resolution in 1997 - actually you could argue that it's in fact more lenient, as (at... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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T. Koch
![]() Runjeet, that's a solid interpretation - it is not a ban on commercial trade as such - rather a restriction. The overarching goal here is to make sure that no items harvested and worked post-CITES... |
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
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Views: 2,375
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T. Koch
![]() Yeah, what Jose said! :D Great tulip-pommel too - looks like they just used the natural end of an elephant tusk. Cheers, Thor |
Forum: Swap Forum
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Views: 3,668
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T. Koch
![]() Wedung Wedung with patterned blade, integral ferrule, silver clamps, nicely patinated bone (tulang) ring and clip carved from buffalo horn (tanduk kerbau) . Interesting forging patterns near the... |
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