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Originally Posted by blue lander
Interesting! I showed your links to some Mongolians, none of them had ever heard of it. Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia are inhabited by different tribes, perhaps only the ones in Inner Mongolia used these clubs.
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yes in mongolia they dont have these for sure.. i mentioned i asked a mongolian friend well versed in these things and he said a snaphaunce style flintlock of local make in many styles and sizes had been used since the 17th or 18th century or there about for just about all purposes of hunting.
also Mongolians from the mongolian republic are not so familiar with bows for hunting either and seems to have stopped using them a long time ago for anything but sport.. .
it seems they accepted firearms quite rapidly probably due to a long although minimal contact with russians.. (probably explained why outer mongolian firearms are much superior to tibetian.. chinese ect rather more crude matchlocks... and that inner mongolia also matchlocks seem to have been common too.. well into the 20th century )
while inner mongolia bows remained popular right until the 20th century, they still have many bow makers there,
im sure these throwing sticks existed in mongolia at some time as well but it must have been a long time ago..
what im wondering is if there is some other ethnic minorities in the PRC that have other forms of throwing club like this .. maybe tibet or other isolated areas where more reliable modern firearms didnt enter till the 20 century..
come to think of it .. ive never seen a papuan throwing club...
about african throwing clubs ... the southern sudanese ones seem to be by far the best and most nicely made..