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VANDOO · 1st January 2007, 05:28 PM

VERY NICE STICKS AND A GOOD STORY
I ALSO HAVE A THROWING STICK I GOT IN TANZANIA . I TRADED A OLD GRANNY THE SHIRT OFF MY BACK FOR IT. SEVERAL WOMEN CAME OVER TO THE SAFARI TRUCK WHILE WE WERE WAITING TO CROSS CUSTOMS INTO KENYA THEY WANTED TO TRADE STUFF BUT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING I WAS INTERESTED IN. I SAW THE OLD LADY WITH THE STICK AND ASKED ABOUT IT AND PULLED ON MY SHIRT AND POINTED TO IT THEY FIGURED IT OUT AND AGREED SO I TOOK OFF MY SHIRT AND HANDED IT OVER AND RECEIVED THE CLUB.

AN ITEM COLLECTED WHILE ON AN ADVENTURE ALWAYS MEANS MORE TO ME THAN ONE BOUGHT FROM A DEALER ,CATALOG OR GUN SHOW. I ALSO LIKE THE RECENTLY MADE ZULU ITEMS USING THE COLORED TELEPHONE WIRE. THEY ARE NEW ,THEY ARE MADE FOR THE TOURISTS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO MADE BY HAND BY THE ZULU AS ARE THE BEAD WORK JEWLRY OF THE MASAI. THE WORKMANSHIP IS VERY GOOD IN BOTH CASES AND THEY DO WEAR THE JEWLRY AND PERHAPS DANCE WITH OR USE THE ITEMS WITH WIRE WORK. SO TO ME THEY ARE STILL TO BE CONSIDERED AS ETHINOGRAPHIC ITEMS MADE TO USE IN THIS DAY AND TIME EVEN IF THAT USE IS A DANCE OR FOR SALE OR TRADE TO TOURISTS.

1st January 2007, 05:28 PM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	VERY NICE STICKS AND A GOOD STORY I ALSO HAVE A THROWING STICK I GOT IN TANZANIA . I TRADED A OLD GRANNY THE SHIRT OFF MY BACK FOR IT. SEVERAL WOMEN CAME OVER TO THE SAFARI TRUCK WHILE WE WERE WAITING TO CROSS CUSTOMS INTO KENYA THEY WANTED TO TRADE STUFF BUT DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING I WAS INTERESTED IN. I SAW THE OLD LADY WITH THE STICK AND ASKED ABOUT IT AND PULLED ON MY SHIRT AND POINTED TO IT THEY FIGURED IT OUT AND AGREED SO I TOOK OFF MY SHIRT AND HANDED IT OVER AND RECEIVED THE CLUB. AN ITEM COLLECTED WHILE ON AN ADVENTURE ALWAYS MEANS MORE TO ME THAN ONE BOUGHT FROM A DEALER ,CATALOG OR GUN SHOW. I ALSO LIKE THE RECENTLY MADE ZULU ITEMS USING THE COLORED TELEPHONE WIRE. THEY ARE NEW ,THEY ARE MADE FOR THE TOURISTS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO MADE BY HAND BY THE ZULU AS ARE THE BEAD WORK JEWLRY OF THE MASAI. THE WORKMANSHIP IS VERY GOOD IN BOTH CASES AND THEY DO WEAR THE JEWLRY AND PERHAPS DANCE WITH OR USE THE ITEMS WITH WIRE WORK. SO TO ME THEY ARE STILL TO BE CONSIDERED AS ETHINOGRAPHIC ITEMS MADE TO USE IN THIS DAY AND TIME EVEN IF THAT USE IS A DANCE OR FOR SALE OR TRADE TO TOURISTS.