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Danielle Skjelver
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 Posted: Thu 26 Jan, 2012 6:15 pm Post subject: Any Thoughts On How This Makeshift Weapon Was Assembled? |
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This image is from Paul Dolnstein's sketchbook. My question is about the figure on the left. How might the weapon in his hands have been made?
He is a Swedish peasant fighting in 1502 in a rebellion against Danish rule. Many other peasants in this rebellion also carried a sort of pike made from a shorter sword affixed to a staff. There is no evidence of the kind of pin system that held a halberd head to the staff.
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Larsson, 1982, 78.
"A young Apollo, golden-haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
For the long littleness of life."
-- Frances Cornford
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Jean Thibodeau
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Danielle Skjelver
Location: North Dakota Joined: 18 Feb 2011
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Oustanding! Thank you, Jean!
Danielle
"A young Apollo, golden-haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
For the long littleness of life."
-- Frances Cornford
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