African club for comment

[Lew]

Picked this nice old club today comments are welcome.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190367734659&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[graeme gt]

Nice snag Louie i think its more likely to be a stick mine is similar.

[katana]

Hi Lew,
I think the 'nails' (on yours) are hobnails ....they certainly look like them. Probably traded from the European settlers. The domed nails on Graeme's example were/are usually used in furniture making, as a decorative feature to secure the leather/material to wooden frames like, for instance the 'seat pad' on a chair.

Regards David

[Lew]

Hi All

The club arrived today and it is quite nice with good weight and balance. I may even use it as a walking stick. ;)

[Tim Simmons]

Nice, looks like you could deliver a jolly good rap to somebodies head with that. Two recent sticks the West African one I got just before Christmas and the South African one just after. The southern stick has a bit of steel tube on the end. Not weapon but interesting especially the carved one.

[Lew]

Tim

Very nice I like the one on the right the best seems Zulu to me.