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armsandarmor · 3 days ago
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Dagger (Jambiya) with Sheath. 19th century. Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31839
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armsandarmor · 3 days ago
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Dagger with wheel-lock pistol, Italy, circa 1600-1625
from The Art Institute of Chicago
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armsandarmor · 3 days ago
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TRADITIONAL INDONESIAN SWORD (GOLOK) Indonesia, probably Java or Sumatra Mid XXᵉ century Steel, carved wood, silver-plated metal. Traditional short saber with wide curved blade, mounted with carved wooden handle forming a scroll, with decorated metal ferrule. Polished blade with reinforced back, traces of use. The golok is a type of saber emblematic of Indonesian cultures, used both as a weapon and a tool, and endowed with strong symbolic value.Weight: 460 g Dimensions: H 570MM X W 65MM
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armsandarmor · 3 days ago
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WW1 Imperial German Trench Mace
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armsandarmor · 8 days ago
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Nigerian Takuba, 19th century.
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armsandarmor · 8 days ago
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Omani Jambiya
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armsandarmor · 8 days ago
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Mycenaean daggers/swords, 16th - 14th century BC
National Archaeological Museum, Athens-Greece
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armsandarmor · 8 days ago
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Dagger, made in India in the late 17th century (source).
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armsandarmor · 11 days ago
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Close Helmet with Moveable Face Defence, German, 1543
From the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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armsandarmor · 11 days ago
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Two-Hand Sword, German, 1573
From the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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armsandarmor · 11 days ago
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Wheellock Rifle, German, 1600-1700
From the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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armsandarmor · 11 days ago
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Parts of an Armour for the Tilt, French, 1550-60
From the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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armsandarmor · 11 days ago
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Elements of an Armour, Northern Italian, 1510
From the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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armsandarmor · 11 days ago
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Sword of the Knights of St. Peter, Austria, 1509
from the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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armsandarmor · 12 days ago
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Flintlock jezail, Afghanistan, circa 1800
from Czerny's International Auction House
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armsandarmor · 14 days ago
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Armor of Pierre Bruner, a Swiss knight in the service of the french crown. ca. 1600
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armsandarmor · 17 days ago
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An astonishingly gilt Sword decorated with enamel, pearls, and rubies,
OaL: 48.4 in/123 cm
Weight: 3.7 lbs/1.7 kg
South Germany, early 17th century, housed at the Kunsthistorischesmuseum, Vienna.
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