A mace from ......????
 

I picked up something that might be a mace from somewhere. Is there someone who recognize this thing? It has a knob and the shaft and knob are dressed with copper. The copper head on the knob is rather thick and heavy.

Hello Henk ,have the rings on the handle been turned on a lathe, it looks that way.Did all these three items come together.Tim

Hello Tim,

All the stuff came together.

I don't think the rings were turned on a lathe. they are a bit to irregular for that. The grooves are not straight and that is what you get on a lathe.

Hi Henk, again this is odd .All comming from the same source one has to assume they are most likley Indo/Persian,though something seems wrong about that assumption to me.Tim

Tim,

Unfortunately I cann't give an explanation for it either. I bought it on an estate. It was one lot together, so it came from one source. But how and why in this way??? I don't know either. You never know how and why someone is collecting. The kukri and the tulwars were the items for me.

This is new to me but I am going to say it might be Sudanese, the same feeling like with the axe.Tim

Look at this Samburu warriors club,quite a coincidence,seme handles are often finnished with rings.I am not saying this is East African.Tim

It has some simmilarities indeed, Tim. Maybe someone else who can add some info??

I bought this from Henk some years ago and have finally found out what is. It is a breach rod for a field gun. I recently saw a more modern one at a market. However I do have a picture of a Somali warrior brandishing one as a club. It would indeed make a jolly good club.

Tim,

I still wouldn't like to get a blow with it. I do remember this item and the feeling when i held it in my hands. A breach rod, I never would thought about that direction but looking at it I see it. I still wonder if it served as a mace or a club somewhere.