Bŭzi (補子)
Chinese for a ranking badge worn by civil and military officials
Qing military rank badge
Depicting the golden cat, representing the 6th military rank.
Yatarakū fadu
A traditional fire-making pouch.
Kusarigama (鎖鎌)
A Japanese scythe weapon with weight and chain.
Ruǎn tiěbiān (軟鐵鞭)
Historical Chinese term for an iron chain weapon.
Tonngya
A type of Indian tribal battle axe made and used by the Gond people.
Bullova
A type of axe associated with the Khond people of India.
Pharetri
A type of axe associated with the Khond people of India.
Axe with Anup Singh inscription
With a samvat date that corresponds to 1691 A.D.
Xiāoqíyíng (驍騎營)
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Source: Classical literature
Burmese sword carbine
A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.
Huǒ lián bāo (火䥥包)
A traditional fire-making pouch.
Tóngjiǎn (銅鐧)
Chinese for a bronze mace.
Liánjiābàng (連耞棒)
A Chinese type of fighting flail
Aṅkus
Hindi from the Sanskrit aṅkuśa, it means "elephant goad".
Tibetan style pierced saddle plate
With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"
Chinese forked mace
A forked mace with cast ornament in the middle of the cross guard.
Jiǎn (鐧)
A type of Chinese mace with a smooth rod.
Tiěbiān (鐵鞭)
Used to describe both flexible sectioned whips and heavy bar-maces.
Biān (鞭)
Literally: "whip". Describes actual whips but also iron chain weapons and rigid bar-maces.
Chinese bronze mace (tóngjiǎn)
With large dragon head collar piece.
Chinese crescent moon weapons
Unusual set of paired Chinese maces of good workmanship.
South Indian pierced iron ankus
Its decoration consists of fantastic designs of various animals, mythical and existing.
Antique Chinese bronze mace
Introduction
Chinese civilian martial artists used a wide variety of weapons.
A Japanese kusarigama
The Japanese kusarigama is a variation of the gama, a scythe-like weapon that was likely inspired
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Things Chinese, 1719
Description
A Japanese volume from the 唐土訓蒙圖彚 or "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Things Chinese", it was publi
Solomon Islands war club
With paddle-shaped blade associated with the Nggela Islands.
Chinese sword breaker
With tapering blade, hollow ground on each side to make the edges slightly sharper.
A Chinese sword breaker (jian)
Introduction
In Chinese military culture, there has long been a distinction between two hea
Qing dynasty imperial edict box
Used to move imperial orders from the emperor’s quarters to the recipient.
Bikaner war axe
Introduction
This type of axe was part of the standard equipment of the mounted North India
Chinese iron ruler
Introduction
As a non-military weapon, not much was written about Chinese tiě chǐ
An orange Qing dynasty banner
With a five-clawed imperial dragon chasing the pearl of wisdom.
Chinese war flail
Introduction
Flails derived off farming tools were used since antiquity in many countries.