Tanzanian swagger/fighting stick?

Tim Simmons · 11th August 2006, 08:00 PM

Hello Douglas,

I am inclined to think it is. It has taken me some time to realise. At 31" it came from a big animal. The patina would suggest very early 20th century. In places there must still have been some big ones around.

The Double D · 11th August 2006, 08:07 PM

Early 20th Century there were still some awesome animals around.

Tim Simmons · 12th March 2007, 10:14 PM

Something very similar. Only clearly in wood and Zande which is border line central Africa and east Africa.
http://southernsudan.prm.ox.ac.uk/details/1928.67.4/

11th August 2006, 08:00 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	Hello Douglas, I am inclined to think it is. It has taken me some time to realise. At 31" it came from a big animal. The patina would suggest very early 20th century. In places there must still have been some big ones around.

11th August 2006, 08:07 PM	#2
The Double D Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the banks of Cut Bank Creek, Montana Posts: 189	Early 20th Century there were still some awesome animals around.

12th March 2007, 10:14 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	Something very similar. Only clearly in wood and Zande which is border line central Africa and east Africa. http://southernsudan.prm.ox.ac.uk/details/1928.67.4/