Kujerung
| Kujerung | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | Striking weapon, throwing weapon, hunting weapon |
| Designations: | Kallak |
| Use: | Weapon, traditional weapon |
| Working time: | til today |
| Region of origin / author: |
Australia , Kurnai tribe |
| Distribution: | Australia |
| Overall length: | approx. 28 cm |
| Handle: | Wood |
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The Kujerung (or Kallak ) is an Australian throwing club used by the Kurnai tribe .
history
The Kujerung was used by the Aborigines in Australia as a weapon for hunting and for the fight developed.
description
The Kujerung is made of hardwood. It can be used as a throwing weapon for short distances as well as a striking weapon for close combat . Grooves and angular elevations are often carved into the head. The head shape can be semicircular or pointed. The whole Kujerung is only roughly worked and not polished. Their total length is about 28 cm.
Older spellings are: Kud-jer-oong , Kud-jee-run .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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, page 196, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5
See also
literature
- Alfred William Howitt , The native tribes of south-east Australia , Macmillan and Co., limited, 1904
