Now that's cool, I've never seen any kind of club like this and to think natives were actually making this kind of art for war is just amazing to me. Awesome find.
This is a very cool weopon end of that club definantly looks like a devil head I don't know exactly what thats supposed to symbolize but that club is definantly a preaty cool piece of art.
Great video and info mate, amazing work on those old clubs, they are beautiful in there own right, i had never seen a root club till this video, really makes me want to make one now and as my family are landscape gardeners i may be able to get them to get me a tree root to try this one day.
I was walking around outside and one day and I actually found a stick with a root on one end which looked like it was something this kind of club would be made out of I still have the stick and held onto it because I thought it looked cool.
(I wrote this comment in the past but I did not get all the facts straight)As far as the Penobscot tribe goes they also a special kind of bow that look like a larger bow thats is attached to a smaller bow.The design of that particular type of bow increases tha draw lengh and makes it function a bit like a crude version of the modern compound bow.
The only source of the Penobscot double bow is "Chief Big Thunder" (real name Frank Loring), who is widely regarded as having been a con artist and liar who made fake artifacts and exploited his heritage for money. So the double bow may have been a totally modern invention. See link below. books.google.com/books?id=ZuOggr7dP1wC&dq=chief%20big%20thunder%20penobscot&pg=PA360#v=onepage&q=chief%20big%20thunder&f=true
@@ryddragyn Now that you mention it I think I actually heard something like that.The idea that it wasn't a modern invention seems plausable however there are many websites out there such as wikipedia which perpetaute certian so called proven facts that sound as if there highly plausable that have never been substantiated I heard another source that says suposedly similiar bows where found in other areas of the world such as England and Japan which once again sounds plausible if you believe that such a bow actually existed in the premodern era but once agian we really don't have much of anything other than speculation and anecdotal evidence to go on.absense of evidence is not evidence of absense however at the same time just because someone may have had the technology, the means or the opportunity to do something doesn't mean they actually did.
@@ryddragyn I think I also heard Chief Big Thunder also claim that slingbows were a highly effective and humane weapon for big game hunting granted they can definantly take down deer preaty effectively but I do not imagine that they would highly effective for taking down anything much larger or heavyier than that.
Besides using a root for a club for the purpose of shape, they probably used it because it's where the strongest, most dense wood is located on any tree.
Thats a beefy heckin cobbler right there brother
You're right, ooks like a dragon foot!
Very interesting and thanks for sharing.
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Now that's cool, I've never seen any kind of club like this and to think natives were actually making this kind of art for war is just amazing to me. Awesome find.
Glad you liked it and that I got to see one.
Truly a fascinating Weapon
This is such a great piece.
This is a very cool weopon end of that club definantly looks like a devil head I don't know exactly what thats supposed to symbolize but that club is definantly a preaty cool piece of art.
Agreed.
Great video and info mate, amazing work on those old clubs, they are beautiful in there own right, i had never seen a root club till this video, really makes me want to make one now and as my family are landscape gardeners i may be able to get them to get me a tree root to try this one day.
Thanks! Ah, how perfect LOL. You could make a whole line of them with free raw materials.
I was walking around outside and one day and I actually found a stick with a root on one end which looked like it was something this kind of club would be made out of I still have the stick and held onto it because I thought it looked cool.
These types were usually made from the root and stalk of the birch tree.
It's like a modern version of a spiked mace!
Wow. This is really great man.
Thanks. I was happy to see one of these in person.
The most Dark Souls like Native American club.
(I wrote this comment in the past but I did not get all the facts straight)As far as the Penobscot tribe goes they also a special kind of bow that look like a larger bow thats is attached to a smaller bow.The design of that particular type of bow increases tha draw lengh and makes it function a bit like a crude version of the modern compound bow.
The only source of the Penobscot double bow is "Chief Big Thunder" (real name Frank Loring), who is widely regarded as having been a con artist and liar who made fake artifacts and exploited his heritage for money. So the double bow may have been a totally modern invention. See link below.
books.google.com/books?id=ZuOggr7dP1wC&dq=chief%20big%20thunder%20penobscot&pg=PA360#v=onepage&q=chief%20big%20thunder&f=true
@@ryddragyn Now that you mention it I think I actually heard something like that.The idea that it wasn't a modern invention seems plausable however there are many websites out there such as wikipedia which perpetaute certian so called proven facts that sound as if there highly plausable that have never been substantiated I heard another source that says suposedly similiar bows where found in other areas of the world such as England and Japan which once again sounds plausible if you believe that such a bow actually existed in the premodern era but once agian we really don't have much of anything other than speculation and anecdotal evidence to go on.absense of evidence is not evidence of absense however at the same time just because someone may have had the technology, the means or the opportunity to do something doesn't mean they actually did.
@@ryddragyn I think I also heard Chief Big Thunder also claim that slingbows were a highly effective and humane weapon for big game hunting granted they can definantly take down deer preaty effectively but I do not imagine that they would highly effective for taking down anything much larger or heavyier than that.
Wow ! That looks ef'n mean LOL I love it !! I love it !!
Thanks. Yeah, they're amazing.
Besides using a root for a club for the purpose of shape, they probably used it because it's where the strongest, most dense wood is located on any tree.
I think so too.
Awesome video dude
Thank You!
@@ObjectHistory No. Thank you, show me one other channel that would do this, just awesome.
@@WollongongWacko Best thing I'll read today BTW, thanks.
Interesting Video
Thanks!
Thanks
Cute
I would like if you could contact me I have some artifacts I would like you to see