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milandro · 18th February 2024, 06:17 PM

Pardon Me but is this a knobkerrie at all?

I have had a couple of these and I have seen them described as " Talking Sticks"

A search for talking stick Ndebele reveals several of these items for sale on line, all of which seem to have the function of being used in a conference of a group of people to be passed to the speaker, which , to me, doesn't seem to have a common origin with a weapon. But maybe you can clarify it for me.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/23/p...ntv/index.html

18th February 2024, 06:17 PM	#3
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 419	Pardon Me but is this a knobkerrie at all? I have had a couple of these and I have seen them described as " Talking Sticks" A search for talking stick Ndebele reveals several of these items for sale on line, all of which seem to have the function of being used in a conference of a group of people to be passed to the speaker, which , to me, doesn't seem to have a common origin with a weapon. But maybe you can clarify it for me. https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/23/p...ntv/index.html Attached Images Last edited by milandro; 18th February 2024 at 06:31 PM.