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VANDOO · 18th July 2009, 03:59 AM

YOUR OBSERVATIONS ARE ALL VALID AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL ITEM. CONGRADULATIONS.

UNFORTUNATELY I KNOW VERY LITTLE IN THIS FIELD BUT WOULD GUESS IT IS A ITEM DENOTING THE STATUS OF THE PERSON WHO CARRIED IT. IT MAY HAVE HAD SOME CEREMONIAL OR CLAN OR TRIBAL MEANINGS AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF THE VULTURE WAS SIGNIFICENT IN ANY AFRICAN CULTURES BUT SUSPECT IT WAS AS IT HOLDS SIGNIFICENCE IN MANY OTHER CULTURES. AND IT DOES INDEED LOOK LIKE A VULTURE TO ME.

AS A WEAPON IT IS WEAKENED IN THE MIDDLE BY THE HOLE THRU THE VULTURE SO IF USED TO STRIKE IT WOULD PROBABLY BE USED EITHER AS A STAFF WEAPON HELD IN THE MIDDLE OR CHOKED UP TO ONE END OR THE OTHER FOR A STRIKE OR JAB. EBONY IS VERY STRONG SO JABBING OR POKEING WITH EITHER END WOULD NOT HAVE RISKED BREAKING IT WHERE A HEAVY STRIKE HOLDING THE SMALL END WOULD.

18th July 2009, 03:59 AM	#2
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	YOUR OBSERVATIONS ARE ALL VALID AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL ITEM. CONGRADULATIONS. UNFORTUNATELY I KNOW VERY LITTLE IN THIS FIELD BUT WOULD GUESS IT IS A ITEM DENOTING THE STATUS OF THE PERSON WHO CARRIED IT. IT MAY HAVE HAD SOME CEREMONIAL OR CLAN OR TRIBAL MEANINGS AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF THE VULTURE WAS SIGNIFICENT IN ANY AFRICAN CULTURES BUT SUSPECT IT WAS AS IT HOLDS SIGNIFICENCE IN MANY OTHER CULTURES. AND IT DOES INDEED LOOK LIKE A VULTURE TO ME. AS A WEAPON IT IS WEAKENED IN THE MIDDLE BY THE HOLE THRU THE VULTURE SO IF USED TO STRIKE IT WOULD PROBABLY BE USED EITHER AS A STAFF WEAPON HELD IN THE MIDDLE OR CHOKED UP TO ONE END OR THE OTHER FOR A STRIKE OR JAB. EBONY IS VERY STRONG SO JABBING OR POKEING WITH EITHER END WOULD NOT HAVE RISKED BREAKING IT WHERE A HEAVY STRIKE HOLDING THE SMALL END WOULD.