new club + 2 ?s in 1 thread Afr/Aus origin

Tim Simmons · 11th September 2015, 04:41 PM

It has been a long while since I added an African item to my collection. I could not let this club slip by without having a go. It was sold as South African Boer war throwing club, but it is from the South Sudan border people like the Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk and others. On receiving the item I made the customary inspection and comparison to all similar or related pieces in the collection.

This is where the second part of the thread comes in, the bi-pointed sticks. I have had them for many years. I assumed they were Australian as the Aborigines do use a bi-pointed fighting stick. After searching Australian bi-coloured woods and timber I realised that one {the Bi-coloured item} was clearly made from African black wood and most probably from the same South Sudan border regions, but what about the other one????

It is not carved from lumber as is the bi-coloured piece, rather it is fashioned from a limb as can be seen from the thin papery bark and the fissure in the limbs growth. The points appear to have been fire hardened. This seems to me to be atypical of African wood weapons except for some Lesotho club sticks. I have reason to believe that there are some knowledgeable collectors of Aus Aboriginal material that lurk and at times join in here, so what are your thoughts?

The new item is the only singular picture of one complete item in the series of pictures.

11th September 2015, 04:41 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	new club + 2 ?s in 1 thread Afr/Aus origin It has been a long while since I added an African item to my collection. I could not let this club slip by without having a go. It was sold as South African Boer war throwing club, but it is from the South Sudan border people like the Dinka, Nuer, Shilluk and others. On receiving the item I made the customary inspection and comparison to all similar or related pieces in the collection. This is where the second part of the thread comes in, the bi-pointed sticks. I have had them for many years. I assumed they were Australian as the Aborigines do use a bi-pointed fighting stick. After searching Australian bi-coloured woods and timber I realised that one {the Bi-coloured item} was clearly made from African black wood and most probably from the same South Sudan border regions, but what about the other one???? It is not carved from lumber as is the bi-coloured piece, rather it is fashioned from a limb as can be seen from the thin papery bark and the fissure in the limbs growth. The points appear to have been fire hardened. This seems to me to be atypical of African wood weapons except for some Lesotho club sticks. I have reason to believe that there are some knowledgeable collectors of Aus Aboriginal material that lurk and at times join in here, so what are your thoughts? The new item is the only singular picture of one complete item in the series of pictures. Attached Images