Knobkierie
| Knobkierie | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Striking weapon, throwing weapon |
| Designations: | Kerrie, Tyindugu |
| Use: | weapon |
| Working time: | til today |
| Region of origin / author: |
South Africa , South African tribes, Zulu , Ndebele |
| Distribution: | South Africa |
| Overall length: | about 70 cm |
| Handle: | Wood |
| Particularities: | The heads of the Knobkierie are shaped differently |
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The Knobkierie (or just Kerrie , Knobkerrie Tyindugu ), from Afrikaans Knob for button and Khoisan Kieri for stick , is a throwing and baton in southern and eastern Africa . It is used by the Ndebele and Zulu , among others .
Description and history
The Knobkierie is a stick carved from hardwood of different lengths (about 70 cm). The handle is sanded round and smooth. The upper end is carved into a thickening that can have different shapes, such as a sphere, a lens, angular, egg-shaped or shaped as a human or animal head. In combat one uses the Knobkierie as a striking weapon in close combat or at longer distances as a throwing weapon . The lower end is often pointed, in order to use it in addition to stinging. When the Knobkierie was used for the first time is not clear.
See also
literature
- HE Böhme, Patricia Davison, Some Nguni crafts, Part 3, Volume 70 of Annals of the South African Museum , Verlag Trustees of the South African Museum, 1976, ISBN 978-0-86813-008-8
- Ian Knight , The anatomy of the Zulu army: from Shaka to Cetshwayo , 1818–1879, Greenhill Books, 1999, ISBN 978-1-85367-363-4
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5
- Terri Dougherty, Terri Sievert, Zulu Warriors warriors of history , Capstone Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4296-1313-2
