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kronckew · 22nd January 2015, 10:53 AM

club has arrived. the hairy sleeve is seamless, so a dried degloved cows tail is likely. the stepped area of the pommel also appears to be a thicker seamless leather sleeve about 1/8 in. thick. hard to tell, it's hard as a rock (or wood) does not have any grain, the grain in the wood ends at the little step, and restarts at the final mini-step. may there have been a cord/fibre wrap between the two sleeves?

i've seen some clubs from the dinka/shilluk peoples of so. sudan with this general shape and some comments that the use the cow tail sleeves on some club grips. the shilluk were mentioned as grooving clubs longitudinally like this, but i've not seen any amongst the few photos that were as grooved as this one. also some mention that some of these may have been used as slave clubs.

club weight 508 grams (1.12 lb.)

22nd January 2015, 10:53 AM	#7
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,205	club has arrived. the hairy sleeve is seamless, so a dried degloved cows tail is likely. the stepped area of the pommel also appears to be a thicker seamless leather sleeve about 1/8 in. thick. hard to tell, it's hard as a rock (or wood) does not have any grain, the grain in the wood ends at the little step, and restarts at the final mini-step. may there have been a cord/fibre wrap between the two sleeves? i've seen some clubs from the dinka/shilluk peoples of so. sudan with this general shape and some comments that the use the cow tail sleeves on some club grips. the shilluk were mentioned as grooving clubs longitudinally like this, but i've not seen any amongst the few photos that were as grooved as this one. also some mention that some of these may have been used as slave clubs. club weight 508 grams (1.12 lb.) Attached Images Last edited by kronckew; 22nd January 2015 at 11:40 PM.