Unknown Club for ID & Comment

trenchwarfare · 17th November 2011, 12:45 AM

I've had this club, for a number of years. The tacks, and brass bands seem out of place. I've always felt, that it is an ethnographic piece, up-graded for WWI trench fighting. Maybe Father's, or Grandfather's souvenir, from the Zulu wars? Although, not your typical Knobkerrie. Overall length is 32", with the head being 3" across. Wood is very dense, and heavy, with an open grain. Hard to see, but the tacks are arranged in a spiral. What say ye, learned clubbists? Or is it clubbers?

VANDOO · 17th November 2011, 05:54 PM

VERY NICE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN. MY GUESS IS THIS WAS A SYMBOL OF RANK OR PRESTIGE AND THOUGH A CAPABLE CLUB NOT FOR ACTUAL USE IN WAR. PERHAPS A SORT OF SWAGGER STICK , FOR SOME REASON IT DOSEN'T STRIKE ME AS ZULU OR A WW1 TRENCH CLUB AT ALL.
PERHAPS FROM THE TIME WHEN THE BRITISH FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN. SO IT COULD BE ARABIC, AFRICAN OR MODIFIED ENGLISH.

DOES IT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CUT OFF OR IS IT FULL LEGNTH.?

Lew · 17th November 2011, 07:04 PM

I think this is Tchokwe from the Congo. I had a similar one in my collection a few years back.

17th November 2011, 12:45 AM	#1
trenchwarfare Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 385	Unknown Club for ID & Comment I've had this club, for a number of years. The tacks, and brass bands seem out of place. I've always felt, that it is an ethnographic piece, up-graded for WWI trench fighting. Maybe Father's, or Grandfather's souvenir, from the Zulu wars? Although, not your typical Knobkerrie. Overall length is 32", with the head being 3" across. Wood is very dense, and heavy, with an open grain. Hard to see, but the tacks are arranged in a spiral. What say ye, learned clubbists? Or is it clubbers? Attached Images

17th November 2011, 05:54 PM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	VERY NICE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN. MY GUESS IS THIS WAS A SYMBOL OF RANK OR PRESTIGE AND THOUGH A CAPABLE CLUB NOT FOR ACTUAL USE IN WAR. PERHAPS A SORT OF SWAGGER STICK , FOR SOME REASON IT DOSEN'T STRIKE ME AS ZULU OR A WW1 TRENCH CLUB AT ALL. PERHAPS FROM THE TIME WHEN THE BRITISH FOUGHT THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN. SO IT COULD BE ARABIC, AFRICAN OR MODIFIED ENGLISH. DOES IT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CUT OFF OR IS IT FULL LEGNTH.?

17th November 2011, 07:04 PM	#3
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	I think this is Tchokwe from the Congo. I had a similar one in my collection a few years back.