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Old 2nd August 2012, 03:40 PM   #1
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Just picked this up on eBay. Nice carved big head club.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/190706546624...e#ht_521wt_922
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Old 2nd August 2012, 07:27 PM   #2
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A NICE ONE VERY NICE CARVING AND THE PRICE WAS CERTIANLY RIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO GOOD PICTURES AND YOUR ACESSMENT OF THE CLUB WHEN IT ARRIVES.
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Old 4th August 2012, 04:23 AM   #3
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Well. fancy meeting you here!
I know that club!
It has been doing me the favor of keeping the dust off the wall for a decade or so.
Now that he's going back into the flow, I took another look. Love the scarification. Tribal appropriate design, I'd guess, of the Makonde in Tanzania.
I think that you will be happy with it.
All packaged and going out Mon!
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Old 4th August 2012, 05:47 PM   #4
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Hi Lew,

unfortunatly this is a product for the tourists. The club has all the same patina and the head is rudimentary. See exemples of a staff top and a fly whisk from the Makonde.

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For the record and later reference, here are the auction pictures.
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Old 13th August 2012, 11:29 PM   #6
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Hi Lew,

unfortunatly this is a product for the tourists. The club has all the same patina and the head is rudimentary. See exemples of a staff top and a fly whisk from the Makonde.

Yours, Carlo
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It's still an interesting piece and quite heavy.
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Old 20th August 2012, 11:53 PM   #7
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Hi lew,

you didn't pay to much for your club, and most imported: you're enjoying it !!
Just wanted to tell you that the club isn't so old as you would think it is...

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Old 30th August 2012, 11:22 PM   #8
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Carlo

I figure it's probably 1950s-60s . It's certainly not new the patina is not artificially applied.
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