This week's collaboration with the What is it? Blog brings us this strange looking device - can you guess what it is for?
Place your guess in the comment section. One guess per comment, however, you can guess as many times as you'd like. Post no URL or links - let others play.
No prize this week - you're playing for bragging rights only. For more clues, check out that What is it? Blog. Good luck!
Update 10/30/09 - the answer: A policeman's blackjack or sap, for striking miscreants on the head, this was on display with a pair of handcuffs and a different type of blackjack that looked like a small club. Congrats to Tim Giachetti who got it right first!
For bashing someone un-concious in the commission of a robbery, or more often, shang hi. This one looks rather old so I would say for knocking out sailors and endenturing them to ship duties.
It is not a bolo or a throwing device. The strap off the handle towards the left is to secure it on the wrist (like a wii mote)
It was shown on the "Deadliest Warrior" episode "William Wallace VS Shaka Zulu"; Williams Ball and Chain.
A Rock covered in leather
You dip the ball into water, let it fill up, then plug the tube with your thumb. Pressure keeps the water inside the ball, and you can then pour the water out as you will.
When a mare goes into heat the neighboring stallions will jump fences to get at her, so to stop this they attach the bolanga to the testicles of the stallion. One experience of jumping a fence will train a stallion for life.
Oddly enough, In Bolivia 'Bolanga' is slang for 'divorce lawyer.'
It's not a weapon. It was used to condition, break up or soften loose bulky stuff that was in a bag.