My Sudan wall

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Originally Posted by Kmaddock

40 years spent getting the collection together is time well spent.

There are so few hobbies where you can collect such diversity of items for sometimes practically v little money that gives so much opertunity to study and learn, both about the objects but also the origins.
I love the antipope antler knife, v much unique.

Great display and well balanced esteticly, maybe a webley revolver and a picture of Gordon for balance on the opposing side of the stairs😀

Thanks for sharing

Ken

Thank you Ken ( hope your description of my knife was a typo .... or is it something Ian Paisley would have owned ?) . You are very perceptive re what is on the opposite wall though ..... see attached pic !

[Kmaddock]

Yes it was a typo. I will leave it un corrected though to share with the rest of the forum😀
A good anticipation on what is in the rest of your house by me though!

Fantastic story re the battle of Khartoum, and great to see so much weaponry from the area.

Regards
Ken

[Sajen]

Very nice!

[Gavin Nugent]

Very nice to see! I just LOVE that shield!
Your method in having the spears is follow the angle of the stairs has worked well...I may even give further consideration to that which is hung in my stair well!

Gavin

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Originally Posted by Gavin Nugent

Very nice to see! I just LOVE that shield!
Your method in having the spears is follow the angle of the stairs has worked well...I may even give further consideration to that which is hung in my stair well!

Gavin

Thank you Gavin . I remember buying that shield for next to nothing at the Victorian Military Society Fair in London in the 1980s ... it is the only one I have seen for sale since . The angling of my spears on this wall is simply because the wall isnt wide enough to accommodate the longest one if placed straight .... but I think it looks better too ... giving it some 'movement' as the artistic might say.

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Originally Posted by Sajen

Very nice!

Thank you .

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Originally Posted by Kmaddock

Yes it was a typo. I will leave it un corrected though to share with the rest of the forum😀
A good anticipation on what is in the rest of your house by me though!

Fantastic story re the battle of Khartoum, and great to see so much weaponry from the area.

Regards
Ken

Yes Ken .... when I began collecting ethnic items , most people I knew focused on the Zulu Wars so in order to ring the changes I started collecting Sudanese related items .... for one thing they were much cheaper and I had enjoyed 'Storm Over The Nile ' as a kid !