Club "knobkerrie" · Afrique du Sud, Zoulou · ID: 3033725
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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).
Littérature comparée
Ginzberg, Marc, Afrikanische Formen, Mailand 2001, p. 202