HANDMADE AFRICAN WOODEN AXE WITH FEATHER CARVINGS WOODEN CARVED RATTLE KNOPKIERIE IRON RON KNOPKIERIE WRAPPED IN NYLON WIRE MESH CEREMONIAL WOODEN CARVED SPEAR

WONDERFUL BATCH OF AFRICAN TRIBAL WEAPONS. THREE ARE TRADITIONAL WEAPONS USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE. CLEARLY OLD AND HAVE USED WEAR. EACH UNIQUELY HANDMADE.
 
FIRST IS AN OLD AFRICAN HAND CARVED WOOD HANDLE AXE WITH KNOPKIERIE KNOB HANDLE.
TRIBAL ORIGENS UNDERTERMINED BUT IT IS HANDMADE AND OLD.IT HAS FEATHER LIKE CARVINGS ON THE KNOB OF THE HANDLE AND ON THE IRON AXE BLADE.SIZE 63CM LONG 18CM WIDE FROM AXE TIP TO KNOB.

SECOND IS AN HANDCARVED RATTLE KNOPKIERE. CARVED FROM WOOD WITH TWO WOODEN BALLS THAT RATTLES WHEN SWINGING THE KNOBKIERIE. SIZE: 89CM HIGH.

THEN WE HAVE AN IRON ROD KNOBKIERIE WRAPPED IN WHAT LOOKS TO BE A NYLON MESH AND PAINTED. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE LIKE THIS. SIZE: 84CM HIGH

LASTLY WE HAVE A DECORATIVE HANDCARVED WOODEN SPEAR. THIS IS A CEREMONIAL SPEAR WITH THE HEAD OF A MAN ON THE HANDLE SIDE AND THE WOODEN SPEAR BLADE ON THE OTHER.
SIZE 113CM HIGH
 
KNOPKIERIES:
The name derives from the Afrikaans word knop, meaning knob or ball and the San word kirri, meaning walking stick. Knobkerries were an indispensable weapon of war both in Africa and abroad.

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