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28th May 2018, 10:54 PM | #1 |
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While the profile is similar to the Australian club in the drawing, the 3D shape doesn't look very Australian to me.
From the caption in Partington, club #3 looks like a boomerang-club to me, a flattened club that can be thrown as a boomerang (non-returning, of course). These are often called "lil-lil", and that should find some examples when used as a search term. One from the British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/researc...13469&partId=1 (photos attached). There are Australian sword-clubs with long round handles, but the caption "used as swords and as missiles" suggests to me it isn't one of these. One example of a long-handled sword-club: https://australianmuseum.net.au/image/e076955-club |
29th May 2018, 08:01 AM | #2 |
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I tend to agree not Australia. I wonder if it is some kind of throwing device.? The groove used as a track to launch a projectile of some form.
Perhaps it is a native American hunting stick? Maybe from arrid or desert regions? |
29th May 2018, 08:52 AM | #3 |
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It looks similar to a carp fishing bait throwing stick. Perhaps a rabbit or bird hunting stick that throws a pebble.
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29th May 2018, 09:31 AM | #5 |
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I do not think it is the stick used in the Basque game. It could be a shepherds lead pellet thrower as much as a rabbit hunting stick?
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Yes, unfortunately the example in the book does not give us a feel for the thickness of the club. The book example is 35 1/2” which seems long for most boomerang or throwing clubs and after an exhaustive search in Partingtons, Oldmans and Webster’s this is the only example I can find that has the same shape grip. Plus mine is comparable length. |
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http://www.britishmuseum.org/researc...86825&partId=1 http://www.britishmuseum.org/researc...01810&partId=1 http://www.britishmuseum.org/researc...89074&partId=1 http://www.britishmuseum.org/researc...13776&partId=1 http://www.britishmuseum.org/researc...07195&partId=1 |
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