Whale teeth as handles or mace heads?

colin henshaw · 19th March 2009, 09:42 PM

A few unusual materials spring to mind - I have seen clubs from Gran Chaco (Paraguay) that use horse bones lashed to wooden handles, sawfish bills from probably Micronesia, as swords, swordfish bills used as daggers in Hawaii. Whale teeth ivory has been used as decorative infill to Fijian clubs, along with sometimes human teeth. Rhino horns were made into knobkerries in Africa, on occasion.

I've read somewhere about human skulls of defeated enemies having been used as drinking cups in Fiji in days of old... Whalebone and jade were used as short clubs by the Maori.

I'll try to think of more examples....

Regards

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19th March 2009, 09:42 PM	#3
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	A few unusual materials spring to mind - I have seen clubs from Gran Chaco (Paraguay) that use horse bones lashed to wooden handles, sawfish bills from probably Micronesia, as swords, swordfish bills used as daggers in Hawaii. Whale teeth ivory has been used as decorative infill to Fijian clubs, along with sometimes human teeth. Rhino horns were made into knobkerries in Africa, on occasion. I've read somewhere about human skulls of defeated enemies having been used as drinking cups in Fiji in days of old... Whalebone and jade were used as short clubs by the Maori. I'll try to think of more examples.... Regards