Unknown Club for ID & Comment

[trenchwarfare]

I've had this club, for a number of years. The tacks, and brass bands seem out of place. I've always felt, that it is an ethnographic piece, up-graded for WWI trench fighting. Maybe Father's, or Grandfather's souvenir, from the Zulu wars? Although, not your typical Knobkerrie. Overall length is 32", with the head being 3" across. Wood is very dense, and heavy, with an open grain. Hard to see, but the tacks are arranged in a spiral. What say ye, learned clubbists? Or is it clubbers?

[VANDOO]

VERY NICE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN. MY GUESS IS THIS WAS A SYMBOL OF RANK OR PRESTIGE AND THOUGH A CAPABLE CLUB NOT FOR ACTUAL USE IN WAR. PERHAPS A SORT OF SWAGGER STICK , FOR SOME REASON IT DOSEN'T STRIKE ME AS ZULU OR A WW1 TRENCH CLUB AT ALL.
PERHAPS FROM THE TIME WHEN THE BRITISH FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN. SO IT COULD BE ARABIC, AFRICAN OR MODIFIED ENGLISH. :confused:
DOES IT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CUT OFF OR IS IT FULL LEGNTH.?

[Lew]

I think this is Tchokwe from the Congo. I had a similar one in my collection a few years back.