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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: Fjodin on 09 May 2010, 10:31:04 AM

Title: Assegai???!!!
Post by: Fjodin on 09 May 2010, 10:31:04 AM

Can someone tell me- does assegais (or Iklwa) spearhead made from metal or what??? I can tfount the information.

Title: Re: Assegai???!!!
Post by: marko.oja on 09 May 2010, 10:36:43 AM

wikipedia says iron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assegai

Title: Re: Assegai???!!!
Post by: Ruarigh on 09 May 2010, 11:10:01 AM

We have three of them sitting in the hall. They all have iron heads.

Title: Re: Assegai???!!!
Post by: Fjodin on 09 May 2010, 12:14:33 PM

How can Zulu cast iron???!!!! They live in huts without any technology and mines to get iron?!

Title: Re: Assegai???!!!
Post by: Plynkes on 09 May 2010, 12:23:10 PM

The ancient Celts were famed ironsmiths over 2000 years ago, and they lived in "huts" too.

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/zulu_blacksmiths3-1879.jpg)
Zulus weren't cavemen, Fjodin, they did have technology.

Title: Re: Assegai???!!!
Post by: Fjodin on 09 May 2010, 12:57:14 PM

I didn know that. Thanx!

Title: Re: Assegai???!!!
Post by: M Blakey on 10 May 2010, 11:23:30 PM

yep just been doing some research on them they were very clever people and extremly superticious which makes them really interesting

they are truely amazing people