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Peter Lyle
Location: Florida Joined: 16 Aug 2011
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Shahril Dzulkifli
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 Posted: Thu 06 Oct, 2011 5:24 am Post subject: Shield I.D....help! |
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Looks like a handmade shield to me.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength”
- Marcus Aurelius
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Sa'ar Nudel
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This is an Ethiopian buckler. The inner core is usualy made of thick hide.
Curator of Beit Ussishkin, regional nature & history museum, Upper Galilee.
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Gregory J. Liebau
Location: Dinuba, CA Joined: 27 Nov 2004
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I wouldn't have known what it was, but Sa'ar's observation seems on the money. Here we go...
| Quote: | | Buckler of buffalo leather, from Ethiopia. Black leather, silver knobs with geometrical and plant ornaments. Lined inside with light-coloured leather; leather grip. Booty from a Turkish camp. |
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Timo Nieminen
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The outside certainly looks like an Ethiopian shield. I've never seen one with a grip like this. Is this a modern decorative version?
(In the close-up of the boss, it looks like the black surface of the shield is black denim. It is cloth-covered?)
"In addition to being efficient, all pole arms were quite nice to look at." - Cherney Berg, A hideous history of weapons, Collier 1963.
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This is a standard topic
