Reference;
A. Forum Library. The Mussandam Axe. Post 21.
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...ighlight=jerrs
Kronckew, Very nice...however I think what you have is the other variant from the Wahiiba in North Eastern Oman. This second type is a camel riders stick without which the camel is most reluctant to react to any instructions ... Where did you get it? Is the stick original to the axe head... I think so. That makes it a Wahiiba axe...called a
Quddum on two counts...
1. The simple white coloured shaft ...and
2. The almost devoid decoration to the axehead.
Dont get me wrong... Wahiiba
Quddum axes are almost identical and far less studied than Mussandam ones... My view is that they are linked and many years ago one style split away and created the other.
The great expert on Jerrs axes or as they are also known as Shihuh Axes or Jerrs...is the curator at Al Ain Museum ... Dr Waleed who did a thesis on them...Peter Hudson.