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TAMAW : SPEAR BLADES Making them was not all ; there were also kilisiw . ( Magan Fane , May 1973 ) To the Mande , spears were much more than utilitarian objects . Very often they were embellished ...
TAMAW : SPEAR BLADES Making them was not all ; there were also kilisiw . ( Magan Fane , May 1973 ) To the Mande , spears were much more than utilitarian objects . Very often they were embellished ...
الصفحة 113
Most spear blades end in a thick - walled hollow socket , designed to fit over the sharpened end of the wooden shaft . Often a small hole pierced the socket , so that a nail could be used to lock the two together .
Most spear blades end in a thick - walled hollow socket , designed to fit over the sharpened end of the wooden shaft . Often a small hole pierced the socket , so that a nail could be used to lock the two together .
الصفحة 114
We must note two important facts about the use of these spears . First , the variations I have described are not regional . One town may put a spear in the hands of the first young man circumcised while its neighbor , perhaps no more ...
We must note two important facts about the use of these spears . First , the variations I have described are not regional . One town may put a spear in the hands of the first young man circumcised while its neighbor , perhaps no more ...
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المحتوى
BLACKSMITHS IN MANDE SOCIETY | 1 |
THE MANDE SMITHS AS CRAFTSMEN | 22 |
SMITHS AND THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZED SPACE | 40 |
حقوق النشر | |
5 من الأقسام الأخرى غير ظاهرة
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
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معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa المجلد 798 من Midland book Traditional arts of Africa |
| المؤلف | Patrick R. McNaughton |
| الإصدار | مزود بصور توضيحية |
| الناشر | Indiana University Press, 1988 |
| أصلي من | جامعة ميتشيغان |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 13 أيلول (سبتمبر) 2008 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 025333683X, 9780253336835 |
| عدد الصفحات | 241 من الصفحات |
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