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Presented here is war club knobkerrie, also known as a Molamu, from the Zulu people of South Africa.

The origin of this item remotes to an old private military collection, of English and South African weaponary.
Some items were brought lately from the UK to Portugal in the end of the XX century, to the family vacation home.

With a heavy rounded knob or head on one end, traditionally used, Knobkerrie is a strong, short wooden club used as a weapon in warfare. The word Knobkerrie derives from the Dutch knop (knob), and the Bushman and Hottentot kerrie (stick).
The weapon is employed at close quarters, or as a throwing club, and in time of peace some may serve as a walking stick. The knobkerrie was emblematic of the Zulu people. A man always carried one, a custom which has not yet disappeared in rural areas. Made of heavy wood, it was an effective weapon, so long as guns were not present!
 
Knobkerries were an indispensable weapon of war, known as molamu or thoka, it is a stick and can be a walking stick or alternatively, it can be used as a weapon. The molamu is a stick that is made from the Mohlware tree Olea africana.
It is a fighting stick carried by men and boys from puberty.



It will be carefully packed with track&trace

1879 - Good condition, used with some signs of wear 

War club - Wood - Knobkerrie/Molamu - ZULU - South Africa 

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