having a few assorted actual zulu iwisa, including a nice bicolor wired wound one along with a wire wound iklwa, and a few isizenze, i am well versed in what they are, tho the above will be informative to the unfamiliar.
i just acquired another, this one has a male bamboo haft with a silver slightly fluted collar at the foot, the ball is according to the auction house, a cast steel cannon round shot that has been drilled for entry of the haft. unlike the earlier one which is drilled all the way thru, this one is only drilled part way and is a tad heavier. the haft is roughly 1 1/8 in. in dia. cane is 35 in. long overall. the ball is a hair under 2 in. and the same as the earlier one, tho this one shows signs of a polished down casting seam. it appears to be painted black, in military fashion EVERYTHING gets painted. the old saying for recruits is 'if it moves salute it, if it doesn't, paint it'.
one could have been a one-off custom, two look like the start of a production line. designation by an esteemed auction house as a 'cannon shot' is another titbit of mounting info.
when was solid ball shot of two in. dia. in use? possibly grape or cannister? two in. grape was widely used in larger naval cannon, haven't heard of anything that large in ground pounder artillery cannister shot tho.
the thick plottens.
(a spoonerism)