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The classification of the Plainview point was made in 1947 by Glen Evans, G. E. Meade and E. H. Sellards for a cache of unfluted, lanceolate spear tips with concave bases found at an archaeological site along the Running Water Draw river near the town of Plainview in Texas.
The saintie is used as a parrying weapon. It is a versatile weapon with both defensive and offensive function. The shaft, with its ribbed or ringed design, could be used like a staff to deflect hostile blows. The spear point was thickened to allow an offensive thrust to penetrate the enemy's thick clothing or armor. [1]
Current logo is two eagle feathers attached to the letter 'A'. The school sits within Cherokee Nation boundaries. Adena High School, Frankfort, Ohio; Ahwahnee Middle School, Fresno, California - Logo is a spear with feathers; Alabama School for the Deaf, Talladega, Alabama - The "Silent Warriors" use an Indian head logo. Aloha High School ...
Spears could be thrown, or used as lances. Other commonly used weapons included ball-topped clubs and gunstock war clubs [26] decorated with brass thumbtacks taken from old trunks burned as firewood by American pioneers. [27] Heroic deeds were recorded by carving notches into the club, or less commonly, by attaching an eagle feather. [28]
According to Shaiva tradition, the goddess Parvati presented the Vel to her son Kartikeya, as an embodiment of her shakti, in order to vanquish the asura Surapadman. ...
Two or three plume holders were attached on either side of the skull, used to mount feathers from birds such as the egret. [5] [6] The helmet had an iron-and-brass or brass-and-copper aventail that hung at the base of the helmet to protect the neck, shoulders and the temple of the face. Sometimes, the aventail extended down to cover the eyes ...
Spears were used by the Native Americans to thrust and strike their enemies or the animals they were hunting. The spears were made of a short blade or tip, made from stone, and attached to the end of a long wooden handle or shaft. Some variations did not even have a stone tip. Instead, the shaft was simply sharpened at one end.
The most commonly taught weapons in the Indian martial arts today are types of swords, daggers, spears, staves, cudgels, and maces. [53] Weapons are linked to several superstitions and cultural beliefs in the Indian subcontinent. Drawing a weapon without reason is forbidden and considered by Hindus to be disrespectful to the goddess Chandika ...