Vintage aboriginal australian club.

VANDOO · 19th November 2014, 04:01 AM

THE DESIGN IS REFERRED TO AS POKER WORK AS A PIECE OF HOT METAL PLACED IN THE FIRE WAS USED TO BURN IN THE DESIGNS. ANY OLD PIECE OF PIPE MAKES A GOOD CIRCLE, HALF MOON OR WIDE BURN AND A BLADE OR ANY POINTY METAL CAN MAKE ALL THE VARIOUS OTHER DESIGNS.
I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE TYPE OF CLUB OR TRIBAL MARKINGS SO CAN'T BE OF MUCH HELP. IT COULD BE A CLUB, DRUMSTICK OR USED FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE OR A MODERN ARTISTIC RENDERING OF A CLUB? PAPERWORK OFTEN CAME WITH SOUVENIR OBJECTS SOLD IN THE 1960'S TO PRESENT GIVING INFORMATION AND PROVENANCE OF A SORT. UNFORTUNATELY OFTEN THESE PAPERS ARE LOST WHEN THESE ITEMS ARE LATER SOLD.

kronckew · 19th November 2014, 08:46 AM

bit heavy for a drumstick i think, and feels more clublike in the hand, especially with the oval cross section... it appears similar to another abo club posted here earlier.

the grip area has grooves in the wood like it was carved with a uneven serrated edge, a flint chip? these are mostly smoothed out, especially on the business end. looks like it was sanded. with sand.

sadly, seller got it from someone who got it from someone else...ad nauseum, so any accompanying paperwork is long gone.

the round circular motif with a dot in the middle continues to confound us here, appearing from morocco thru north africa, the middle east, india, SEA and now australia.

the carver seems to have left out the dot on quite a few, probably lazy rather than on purpose.

19th November 2014, 04:01 AM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	THE DESIGN IS REFERRED TO AS POKER WORK AS A PIECE OF HOT METAL PLACED IN THE FIRE WAS USED TO BURN IN THE DESIGNS. ANY OLD PIECE OF PIPE MAKES A GOOD CIRCLE, HALF MOON OR WIDE BURN AND A BLADE OR ANY POINTY METAL CAN MAKE ALL THE VARIOUS OTHER DESIGNS. I DON'T RECOGNIZE THE TYPE OF CLUB OR TRIBAL MARKINGS SO CAN'T BE OF MUCH HELP. IT COULD BE A CLUB, DRUMSTICK OR USED FOR SOME OTHER PURPOSE OR A MODERN ARTISTIC RENDERING OF A CLUB? PAPERWORK OFTEN CAME WITH SOUVENIR OBJECTS SOLD IN THE 1960'S TO PRESENT GIVING INFORMATION AND PROVENANCE OF A SORT. UNFORTUNATELY OFTEN THESE PAPERS ARE LOST WHEN THESE ITEMS ARE LATER SOLD.

19th November 2014, 08:46 AM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	bit heavy for a drumstick i think, and feels more clublike in the hand, especially with the oval cross section... it appears similar to another abo club posted here earlier. the grip area has grooves in the wood like it was carved with a uneven serrated edge, a flint chip? these are mostly smoothed out, especially on the business end. looks like it was sanded. with sand. sadly, seller got it from someone who got it from someone else...ad nauseum, so any accompanying paperwork is long gone. the round circular motif with a dot in the middle continues to confound us here, appearing from morocco thru north africa, the middle east, india, SEA and now australia. the carver seems to have left out the dot on quite a few, probably lazy rather than on purpose.