Zulu Stick ? Certainly seems African.

colin henshaw · 26th June 2009, 05:25 PM

Here are a couple of images of a stick I once had, that was from one of the Nguni tribes of South East Africa (eg. Zulu, Swazi, Xhosa), for comparison.

From the top, the outline is a bit similar to Katana's example, but not conclusively so.

The South East African tribes were excellent, artistic woodcarvers and I believe they (the men) usually liked to carry a stick or staff of some sort, partly for defence but also with a strong element of display/part of costume. Hence the wide variety of stylish shapes, protusions, heads etc.

Regards
Colin

26th June 2009, 05:25 PM	#6
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Here are a couple of images of a stick I once had, that was from one of the Nguni tribes of South East Africa (eg. Zulu, Swazi, Xhosa), for comparison. From the top, the outline is a bit similar to Katana's example, but not conclusively so. The South East African tribes were excellent, artistic woodcarvers and I believe they (the men) usually liked to carry a stick or staff of some sort, partly for defence but also with a strong element of display/part of costume. Hence the wide variety of stylish shapes, protusions, heads etc. Regards Colin Attached Images