Zulu Knobkerrie

RobertGuy · 14th January 2016, 06:18 PM

Helleri
Sorry for late reply, I missed your post. I've taken a couple of pictures, one with flash and one without. Not sure if they will be much help. A member of another forum queried if the wood could be lignum vitae. This is a South American wood so I'm not sure if it could be. However I did do an experiment which showed that my wooden knobkerrie did not float

. So I have some more questions:
1. Is it made of Lignum vitae?
2. Are there similar African hardwoods that do not float?
3. Did Zulus have access to South American wood supplies?
4. Would anybody try to fake a fairly common African item using an uncommon and expensive exotic wood from South America?
5. Its not an African knobkerrie but a rare Inca ceremonial club?

6. It's not made of wood but cleverly painted metal/thermoplastic?

14th January 2016, 06:18 PM	#3
RobertGuy Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 135	Helleri Sorry for late reply, I missed your post. I've taken a couple of pictures, one with flash and one without. Not sure if they will be much help. A member of another forum queried if the wood could be lignum vitae. This is a South American wood so I'm not sure if it could be. However I did do an experiment which showed that my wooden knobkerrie did not float . So I have some more questions: 1. Is it made of Lignum vitae? 2. Are there similar African hardwoods that do not float? 3. Did Zulus have access to South American wood supplies? 4. Would anybody try to fake a fairly common African item using an uncommon and expensive exotic wood from South America? 5. Its not an African knobkerrie but a rare Inca ceremonial club? 6. It's not made of wood but cleverly painted metal/thermoplastic? Attached Images

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