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The Cutting Edge: West Central African 19th Century Throwing Knives in the National Museum of Ethnology Leiden

Categorie	Wapens
Boeknummer	#397525-KN48
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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