African Arms and ArmourUsing eyewitness accounts of travelers and missionaries to Africa, the oral history of Africans, and the visual evidence of the weapons themselves, Spring builds a comprehensive cultural and ethnographic survey of traditional arms and armor from several centuries ago to the present. |
Contents
Arab and Berber | 20 |
Knights of the Savanna | 31 |
The Forest Kingdoms of West Africa | 47 |
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Abomey afena age-set amongst Arab areas arms and armour army artefacts Asante Asantehene assegais Azande battle Benin Berber blacksmiths blade Bornu brass Bushoong carried cavalry central ceremonial chiefs club context copper dagger Dahomean Dahomey Darfur decorated Denham depicted described designs distinctive embellished enemy Ethiopian European example firearms flissa Fulani function head helmet Hevioso hide hilt horse iklwa Ingessana iron Islamic javelins Kabyle Kanembu kaskara Kikuyu king kingdom knife Kuba Kuba kingdom large numbers leather sheath left-hand Logone river Lotuxo Maasai manufacture Merker metal military Moroccan motifs musele musket Ndbele Nguni nineteenth century North Africa northern objects particularly pastoralist Plate pommel raiding récade region ritual sabre Sahara shaft shape shield Shona similar skin slaves smiths soldiers sometimes Sotho southern spear Sudanic Africa sword symbol takouba throwing knives tion trade Tuareg Turkana types variety warfare warriors weaponry weapons wood wooden worn Yoruba Zaire Zande Zulu
References to this book
Cloth, Dress and Art Patronage in Africa Judith Perani,Norma Hackleman Wolff No preview available - 1999 |