West African ? sword for I.D. and comment.

colin henshaw · 26th October 2011, 07:04 PM

Hi Iain

Thanks for your speedy response to my last post.

Quote "any pictures of the Mende sword copies ?"

Here are a couple of images from "Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens - W O Oldman"

Regards

Iain · 27th October 2011, 11:17 AM

Hi Colin,

Thanks for sharing the pictures. Very interesting muskets.

Regarding the swords, I'm afraid I don't see a lot of obvious European influence here. Unless I'm missing something? Looks like fairly typical wooden handles. Are these blades the wooden type you mentioned before?

I'm probably missing something but in terms of a European connection I'm really just not seeing it.

Cheers,

Iain

26th October 2011, 07:04 PM	#1
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Hi Iain Thanks for your speedy response to my last post. Quote "any pictures of the Mende sword copies ?" Here are a couple of images from "Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens - W O Oldman" Regards Attached Images

27th October 2011, 11:17 AM	#2
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,719	Hi Colin, Thanks for sharing the pictures. Very interesting muskets. Regarding the swords, I'm afraid I don't see a lot of obvious European influence here. Unless I'm missing something? Looks like fairly typical wooden handles. Are these blades the wooden type you mentioned before? I'm probably missing something but in terms of a European connection I'm really just not seeing it. Cheers, Iain