Baggoro
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| Weapon type: | Club |
| Designations: | Baggoro, Barkur, Worran |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Australia , Aborigines |
| Distribution: | Australia |
| Overall length: | about 127 cm |
| Blade width: | about 15 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, vegetable fibers |
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The Baggoro , also called Barkur or Worran , is a heavy sword club from Australia .
description
The Baggoro has a flat, double-edged striking body. The place is rounded. The edges are thin and sharp. The back end is narrow and rounded to serve as a handle . It is usually wrapped in vegetable fiber for a better grip. The Baggoro is used like a sword together with a shield. The Baggoro is used by ethnic groups in Australia.
literature
- Carl Lumholtz : Among cannibals: an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland. Scribner, New York 1902, p. 121 (description), illus. P. 122, p. 312 (word explanation) Internet Archive
- Robert MW Dixon, Barry J. Blake: Handbook of Australian languages, Volume 2. Verlag Australian National University Press 1979, p. 103, ISBN 978-0-7081-1212-0
Web links
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Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Southwork Press, Portland, Maine 1934. Reprint: Dover Publications, Mineola, New York 1999 ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5 , pp. 85-86, p. 99: Barkur, Worran limited preview in Google book search .