Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Root ball knobkerrie from a Zulu collection...or is it ?

colin henshaw · 16th June 2011, 07:19 PM

Hi David

Its difficult to judge from a photograph....but I am fairly sure its not South African. I've seen East African clubs "rungu" with a similar form, but usually with a smoother finish. Might well be a European cudgel of some type.

Regards.

16th June 2011, 07:19 PM	#4
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Hi David Its difficult to judge from a photograph....but I am fairly sure its not South African. I've seen East African clubs "rungu" with a similar form, but usually with a smoother finish. Might well be a European cudgel of some type. Regards.