Vintage aboriginal australian club.

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, 08:46 AM	#1
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.