Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

[AvtoGaz]

Armenian warrior from Zeytun

[gp]

Kalmuk from a most interesting geographic book from 1618

[Bob A]

Originally Posted by Sajen

This picture looks like it shows Dayak warriors!

The sword shouldered by the central figure appears to be of particularly rare form of belato, associated with Nias island.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Bob A

The sword shouldered by the central figure appears to be of particularly rare form of belato, associated with Nias island.

Hello Bob,

I don't think so, it's a mandau with the edge pointed to his throat. See also the handle in his hand. Also the blowpipe, shields and costumes are Dayak.

Regards,
Detlef

[Rick]

The item link in the posts above shows other items at the bottom of that page for sale which is not allowed.

[gp]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Bob,

I don't think so, it's a mandau with the edge pointed to his throat. See also the handle in his hand. Also the blowpipe, shields and costumes are Dayak.

Regards,
Detlef

FYI: I got this picture from an old Dutch book about the Dutch Indies on the Alifuru in the Moluccan islands...

so I think our friend Detlev might be correct, as the literature of those days might contain some errors but nevertheless it concerned the Dutch colonial region .

Some more pics on the Mena Muria'warriors from the Moluccans .
The last pic are Honitetu-Alifuru dancing the tjakalele Piru, Ceram 1912

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Rick

The item link in the posts above shows other items at the bottom of that page for sale which is not allowed.

I don't know what happened, I just copied the picture, sorry!

Ah, now I understand, it was the link provided by Bob.

[Bob A]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Bob,

I don't think so, it's a mandau with the edge pointed to his throat. See also the handle in his hand. Also the blowpipe, shields and costumes are Dayak.

Regards,
Detlef

Thank you; I had noted the handle, but was overexcited by the blade shape.
You're of course correct about the accoutrements.

I should shave with Occam's razor.

[gp]

Originally Posted by gp

Lavian Riflemen, AKA "strelniki"

Part of the Russian Imperial Army, in WW I about 30.000 men around 1917
Some later joined the Bolshevik revolution and hence its army
The majority remained in Latvia to protect the country due to an internal strugle and instability,
caused by 3 governments fighting for control ( German, Sovjet and Latvian) untill Latvia's independance 1920/22

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...&postcount=343

a couple more pics of these soldiers and their swords

[gp]

two sculptures by Jean Francois Theodore Gechter ; one an Ottoman warrior and the other a scene from the battle of Aboukir

[Ian]

gp, do you know who the king on horseback is supposed to be?

[gp]

Originally Posted by Ian

gp, do you know who the king on horseback is supposed to be?

Unfortunately not: the only title on this sculpture is “ Guerrier à Cheval “ , i.e. warrior on horse and made end 19th century. Sometimes “Ottoman” added to warrior on some of the literature describing this piece of art.

[gp]

with reference to a resent topic, one of the early pics in "the West" of these fierce and feared warriors

"Janissaire, Chef-Arciere, Comandante, et Bourreau Turc - XV -XVI Siècle" acquaforte originale ca. 15,5x25,5 cm by Raphael Jacquemin (1821 - 1881)
in a book of maps published by Delatre Paris in 1870