Club "knobkerrie" · South Africa, Zulu · ID: 3033725
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Size
H: 53,5 cm
H: 21.1 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, underneath the bowl-shaped mace-head coated with plaited metal wire, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
the south african club or “knobkerrie” is a symbol for the Zulu. A man always carried one with him, because it was an effective weapon made from hard wood (very often teak).
The object Club “knobkerrie” with the object ID 3033725 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 501.
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Comparing literature
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 202