8th November 2024, 12:56 AM | #1 |
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Shula S'boula/Jiboula
Hi All,
I know that it sounds like the beginning of a verse from Shirley Ellis' name game song but I was wondering how forum members would classify this knife. The hilt is clearly an s’boula/jiboula form but the blade and sheath are just as clearly shula. I’ll come right out with my opinion that it should be considered an s’boula/jiboula because the hilt was placed on the blade by a person of the s’boula/jiboula culture. But were the situation the other way around (shula hilt on an s’boula/jiboula blade), I’m not so sure I would want to call it a shula. What do you guys think? Sincerely, RobT |
8th November 2024, 01:21 AM | #2 |
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When it comes to ethnographic arms, we tend to classify swords and daggers by their hilt. For example, the same blade can be a takouba, a kaskara or even a firangi, depending on the hilt.
Based on this then, this would be a sboula. |
17th November 2024, 04:14 PM | #3 |
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TVV, you raise an interesting point. I would agree with you that many cultures do look at the "dress" of a sword or knife to ascertain which group's name is used to describe it. However, I don't think this applies to all ethnographic arms. Keris owners within the Indonesian culture, for example, have a detailed classification system based on the dhapur of the blade (regardless of dress).
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