Aboriginal Club for Comments

[Queequeg]

The gentleman from whom I got this said it was an Australian-Aboriginal fighting stick. I was wondering if anyone here could give me any further information on this piece.

The wood is very, very heavy and hard (I can't make a mark on it with my fingernail and it dents all of the other hardwoods I've rapped against it).

Overall shot. It's about 32" long and has a snake with a head on each end carved around the shaft:


A close up of one head, showing the polyhedral surface and one end of the snake:


From one head down:


The head next to my hand for size comparison:


The body of the snake carving:


Thanks in advance for any information.