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28th March 2009, 06:23 AM
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What Is This?
I'm sure someone here knows what this is. I'm guessing a throwing stick/club? Or, a rug beater?
 Looks Aboriginal. Medium dense wood. Looks like it was fire hardened on the ends. Especially the "long" end. And then, the next obvious question, is it live, or is it Memorex? The crudeness, could make it either very tourista, or very primitive.  M.P.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=370170582447
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28th March 2009, 05:16 PM
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THE WOOD DOSEN'T LOOK LIKE WHAT IS USED IN AUSTRALIA OR NEW GUINEA. THE ITEM STRIKES ME AS A TOOL OF SOME SORT. MY BEST GUESS WOULD BE A STICK USED WITH A BACKSTRAP LOOM, LOOKS LIKE IT HAS SEEN A LOT OF USE. THE OTHER POSSIBILITYS A POT STIRRER OR A SPATULA. ALL JUST GUESSES ON MY PART
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28th March 2009, 05:43 PM
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this could be absolute bullshit, but for some reason when I saw that I thought of wooden sticks people sometimes used to use to tenderize fibers before weaving...
like I said, probably bullshit...
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28th March 2009, 06:09 PM
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Quote:
 Possibly a dual purpose ethnic weavers stick! |
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