This is an interesting staff that almost certainly doubled as a club for defense purposes. It is long enough to be used as a staff measuring well over 40" in length. It features a two handed grip with 4 ball like dividers. The bottom of the staff has a long iron wrap. The iron is well done as I can't find a seam anywhere. The two handed grip reminded me a bit of some swords from India but Runjeet, who had a look at this thing, didn't believe it was Indian. The wood is octagonally faceted and so I thought it might be Asian and discussed it with Philip and he ruled out Chinese and felt it probably wasn't Korean or Japanese either. I asked Charles and Jose and they didn't have a clue and were no help at all!
It still has an Asian feel to me so am wondering if it could be Malaysian or somewhere in that area. I definitely don't get an African feel to it. Bit it means business. The iron wrap at the bottom and the two handed grip would make an effective striking weapon. So, thoughts?