'nother clubby whotsit?

kronckew · 2nd March 2015, 08:11 PM

found this similar one in google images: not mine of course. listed as a 'zulu' throwing club.

kronckew · 6th March 2015, 10:26 AM

my thingy arrived. 260 grams, 19 in. long (48 cm.)looks like it used to be longer as there is a more recentfresh cut right at the end, wich also has a broken off steel pin in the centre, like the remains of a hook or eye used to hang it for display. i think it may have been cut to fit luggage.

anyway, sems to be a thrower more than an exercise thing.

VANDOO · 6th March 2015, 11:11 PM

IT LOOKS LIKE IT DOES HAVE A NICE PATINA, TOO BAD IF IT WAS RECENTLY CUT OFF. SOME OF THESE AFRICAN CLUBS WERE LONGER AND LIGHTER AND HAD A SMALLER HEAD AND SERVED MORE AS A BADGE OF RANK THAN AS A BATTLE WEAPON. THE HIGH RANKING PEOPLE NEED NOT KILL AS THEY COULD ORDER OTHERS TO DO IT. OR A GOOD SHARP BONK WITH HIS BATON COULD SERVE AS PUNISHMENT AND WARNING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRIBE THIS CLUB MAY HAVE COME FROM PERHAPS SOMEONE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE IN AFRICAN AND ZULU ITEMS CAN HELP.

2nd March 2015, 08:11 PM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,216	found this similar one in google images: not mine of course. listed as a 'zulu' throwing club. Attached Images

6th March 2015, 10:26 AM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,216	my thingy arrived. 260 grams, 19 in. long (48 cm.)looks like it used to be longer as there is a more recentfresh cut right at the end, wich also has a broken off steel pin in the centre, like the remains of a hook or eye used to hang it for display. i think it may have been cut to fit luggage. anyway, sems to be a thrower more than an exercise thing.

6th March 2015, 11:11 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	IT LOOKS LIKE IT DOES HAVE A NICE PATINA, TOO BAD IF IT WAS RECENTLY CUT OFF. SOME OF THESE AFRICAN CLUBS WERE LONGER AND LIGHTER AND HAD A SMALLER HEAD AND SERVED MORE AS A BADGE OF RANK THAN AS A BATTLE WEAPON. THE HIGH RANKING PEOPLE NEED NOT KILL AS THEY COULD ORDER OTHERS TO DO IT. OR A GOOD SHARP BONK WITH HIS BATON COULD SERVE AS PUNISHMENT AND WARNING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TRIBE THIS CLUB MAY HAVE COME FROM PERHAPS SOMEONE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE IN AFRICAN AND ZULU ITEMS CAN HELP.