African traditional ?

I think I will stick with Thanksgiving turkey stuffing and Christmas lights as our traditions. :-) Interesting artifacts. Do you plan to display them?

,,,Mike in Canada
 
Âchillepattada said:
Hello, I've moved to a new flat and that was the occasion to take pictures of some forgotten family treasures.
These two have been brought from Africa by my father may be 70 years ago .



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Very interesting pieces, Jean-Marc. The beheading axe is a little creepy! But cool.....
Congrats on your move!
 
When I was a boy, and up until the 1990's, one of the Sheffield museums used to display a brutal-looking range of weapons, belonging to various indigenous people around the world, and brought back to England - Which is where they had actually started out, manufactured in Sheffield, as trade items, some were made by Joseph Rodgers. They keep them hidden away now :rolleyes:
 
Here is an Ethiopian horseman which must be as old as the first weapon showed.

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You can see the Ethiopian alphabet and the lion symbol of the empire .


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Âchillepattada said:
Here is an Ethiopian horseman which must be as old as the first weapon showed.

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You can see the Ethiopian alphabet and the lion symbol of the empire .


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Nice!

I spent some time in Ethiopia on 3 different occasions in the 1990s. I saw plenty on Kalashnikovs, but no swords that I can recall 🤣

The kitchen and butcher knives were mostly handmade affairs with a curved shape similar to the sword you show. If there is an Ethiopian market or restaurant near you, you could probably have someone translate the inscription for you.

I picked this up when I lived in a different part of the Horn of Africa for a couple of years:

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This is the cheapo souvenir version (made from the bottom of an oil drum, I believe), but it was very common to see pastoral folks carrying these when out in the desert with their flocks, or even in town.
 
Jack Black said:
Âchillepattada said:
I remember the one was a traditional beheading ax from Congo.
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I didn't realize at first that the straight portion is sharp. You'd probably catch them where the straight joins the curve?

When I was a boy, and up until the 1990's, one of the Sheffield museums used to display a brutal-looking range of weapons, belonging to various indigenous people around the world, and brought back to England - Which is where they had actually started out, manufactured in Sheffield, as trade items, some were made by Joseph Rodgers. They keep them hidden away now
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Jack Black said:
:rolleyes:
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They probably haven't melted them down; that would cost money.
Just Tom. said:
Nice!

I spent some time in Ethiopia on 3 different occasions in the 1990s. I saw plenty on Kalashnikovs, but no swords that I can recall 🤣

The kitchen and butcher knives were mostly handmade affairs with a curved shape similar to the sword you show. If there is an Ethiopian market or restaurant near you, you could probably have someone translate the inscription for you.

I picked this up when I lived in a different part of the Horn of Africa for a couple of years:

Zvj4B58.jpg


This is the cheapo souvenir version (made from the bottom of an oil drum, I believe), but it was very common to see pastoral folks carrying these when out in the desert with their flocks, or even in town.
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Like a jambiya tapered both ways. I've never seen such a thing.
 
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