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The Cutting Edge
Door Annette M. Schmidt e.a.
| Categorie | Wapens |
|---|---|
| Boeknummer | #397525 |
| Titel | The Cutting Edge: West Central African 19th Century Throwing Knives in the National Museum of Ethnology Leiden |
| Auteur | Schmidt, Annette M. & Peter Westerdijk |
| Boektype | Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag |
| Uitgeverij | National Museum of Ethnology Leiden |
| Jaar van uitgave | 2006 |
| ISBN10 | 9054500077 |
| ISBN13 | 9789054500070 |
| Taal | Engels |
| Beschrijving | Original blind stamped black cloth, dust jacket, numerous (full page) illustrations (including photographs) in colour and b/w, 4to. |
| Samenvatting | "African throwing knives constitute a unique category of weapons found nowhere else in the world. They were weapons of war and implements of the hunt. The end of the functional use of the throwing knife was during the last two decennia of the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century. However, the end of traditional warfare did not mean that the throwing knife disappeared. Its persistence may be attributed to its potential to take on the role of ceremonial and ritual weapon and other completely new roles"-- |
| Pagina's | 111 |
| Conditie | Goed |
| Prijs | € 30,00 |
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