Rare Wooden Puzzle Called Aqezzul - Algeria, 2nd Half 19th Early 20th Century (2)

Rare Algerian wooden brain teaser (club) called aqezzul - Algeria, Kabylia, Biskra (department) - 2nd half of the 19th century - early 20th century

Wooden brain teaser reproducing the shape of the flissa sword.

The wood is engraved along its entire length and displays a beautiful patina of age.

Two examples (more rustic than this one) are preserved in the reserves of the Musée du quai Branly (Paris) under the inventory numbers

71.1936.2.80 and 71.1938.109.1

One was collected during the Thérèse Rivière mission (1901-1970) between 1934 and 1937, the other was donated by Henri-Paul Eydoux (1907-1986).

Here is Madame Thérèse Rivière's description:

Description:
Holm oak "uklif." The working part has a diamond-shaped cross-section (diameter 5 x 4); cylindrical handle; hanging hole 12 cm from the end. Used. Total height: 90 cm
Use:
Weapon used by men on the move. Carried concealed under the "gandoura" because it is prohibited by the French authorities. Increasingly abandoned, replaced by the revolver by some. The common rifle is a hammer rifle. I saw a carved puzzle in Nara, another was confiscated by the gendarmes at the Medina market.

Slight damage to the tip.

Length 91 cm
Weight 582 g