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Hello friends,
Sharing some pictures of my Guyana club (aputu) previosly in the Reubens collection. I am not really sure that the binding is as old as the club. I really like the inherent elegance of these small, yet dense, and I am sure, very useful clubs. Please feel free to share pictures of any other aputus out there! |
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Hi
Interesting item I was wondering what age would you put on this club Regards Ken |
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Nice macana. Reuben was a good friend of mine, sadly now passed away.
Yes, the binding is likely a later replacement, the original would be usually of a thin, soft cotton. |
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Thanks guys!
Ken, clubs (or Guyana for that matter) is not my main expertise, so I dont feel confident putting an age on It. Although the patina (on the wood) seems good. Thanks Colin! That is also what I suspected from looking at pictures of museum examples and from readiing the article "The aputu - analysis of a war club form distinctive to The Guianas". The string on this one looks like it has been there for some time, though. I am curious to know how these clubs were carved and what kind of tools were used? Cheers, Thor |
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You will not be happy and you want to send it to me
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I really like these Macana clubs, here a picture from this thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=amazonian
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Thanks Sajen!
I've been through all threads on Guyana clubs on here and the pictures from that collection are just insane to say the least ![]() Edit: Come to think, perhaps they are rare, because that guy has collected them all! ![]() Last edited by T. Koch; 16th October 2020 at 09:27 AM. |
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